| Official Name: | Hrodivka | ||||
| Native Name: | Гродівка | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast | ||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hrodivka | ||||
| Coordinates: | 48.2572°N 37.3758°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Pokrovsk Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Hrodivka settlement hromada | ||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||
| Established Date: | 1750 | ||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Elevation M: | 142 | ||||
| Population Total: | 2299 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||
| Postal Code: | 85345-85346 | ||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||
| Area Code: | +380 623 | ||||
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Hrodivka (Ukrainian: Гродівка) or Grodivka is a rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Hrodivka settlement hromada.[2] Hrodivka is located 6km (04miles) northeast of Novohrodivka and 15km (09miles) east-southeast of Pokrovsk, the administrative center of the district. The population is
The rural settlement was founded in 1750 by Zaporozhian Cossacks,[3] and according to DeepStateMap.Live, is the oldest Cossack settlement of Pokrovsk Raion.[4]
At the start of the 20th century, it had a population of about 5,700 people and was part of Bakhmutsky Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate within the Russian Empire.
In 1938, Hrodivka was made into a rural settlement.[5]
The town was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II from November 1941 until 8 September 1943.[6] Prior to its liberation, 1,012 of the area's inhabitants fought to recapture Hrodivka, of whom 204 died.[3] [6] During the winter of 1943–1944, it was the site of minor tank engagements between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.[7]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia has increasingly threatened Hrodivka as their forces advance towards the city of Pokrovsk, the main attack direction in the Donbas theatre of the war.[8] [9] [10] The settlement is under constant shelling, causing deaths of civilians and damage to infrastructure,[11] and these attacks have increased as Russia draws closer to the settlement.[12]
In early August 2024, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered an evacuation of families and children in Hrodivka as well as other settlements in the region in the threat of impeding Russian advances.[13] Immediately prior to the evacuation order, an estimated 70 people were still remaining in the town.[12]
On 9 August 2024, Russian forces advanced up to the town's outskirts.[14]
On 13 August 2024, Russian forces entered the town, and since then continued to advance through the south-eastern portion of it.[15] [16]
The population at the 2001 Ukrainian census was 3,163. The native language of the population:[17]