Katerynivka, Donetsk Oblast Explained

Katerynivka
Native Name:Катеринівка
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast
Coordinates:47.8753°N 37.3422°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Donetsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raoin
Subdivision Name2:Pokrovsk Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Marinka urban hromada
Established Date:1700
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Melyus Volodymyr Ilyich
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:135
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:778
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code:85652
Area Code:+380 6278

Katerynivka is a Ukrainian village in the Pokrovsk Raion of the Donetsk Oblast.

Geography

It is located on the left bank of the . The distance to the district center is about 16 km, and it passes by a local highway.

History

The remains of two Paleolithic settlements have been discovered near the village, which was established in 1700.

During the Holodomor, the village was blacklisted by the government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which blockaded Kateryniv, causing mass starvation.[1]

Out of the 270 residents that fought in World War II, 187 died on the Eastern Front. 143 of them received posthumous honours and a monument to the fallen was erected in 1968.[2]

Economy

The village has a primarily agricultural economy, centred on the cultivation of grain and the rearing of cattle. Its central estate is a collective farm named after. I. V. Michurin, which holds two cattle farms and two grain farms, spread over 3850 hectares of agricultural land.[2]

The village also has a primary school, a post office and a shopping center.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of the village was 778 people, of whom 90.1% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 9.38% - Russian, and 0.26% - Belarusian.[3]

Famous people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20121210161127/http://www.istpravda.com.ua/research/4cf147b447cf7/. "Чорні дошки" Голодомору - економічний метод знищення громадян УРСР (СПИСОК). 10 December 2012. George. Papakin. "Blacklists" of the Holodomor - an economic method of destroying the citizens of the Ukrainian SSR (LIST). live. Istorychna Pravda. 27 November 2010. 18 November 2022. uk.
  2. Web site: Катериновка. https://web.archive.org/web/20100813080003/http://www.igsu.org.ua/Donezkaja.obl/Marxinskij.rajon/Katerinovka.html. 13 August 2010. 2010. ru. История Городов и Сел.
  3. Web site: Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150244/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/mult/dialog/varval.asp?lang=1&ma=19a050501_02_014&multilang=uk&path=..%2Fdatabase%2Fcensus%2F05%2F01%2F&ti=19a050501_02_014.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%2C%20%C4%EE%ED%E5%F6%FC%EA%E0%20%EE%E1%EB%E0%F1%F2%FC%20%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29. 5 March 2016. Population distribution by native language, Donetsk region. Ukrainian Census. 2001. 18 November 2022. uk.