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.
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.
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]
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]
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]