Manhush | |
Native Name: | Мангуш |
Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Mariupol Raion |
Area Total Km2: | 9,291 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 7731 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast |
Coordinates: | 47.05°N 37.3°W |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Established Date: | 1778 |
Leader Title: | Head of settlement council |
Leader Name: | Oleksandr Kotendzhy |
Elevation M: | 56 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 87400—87405 |
Area Code: | +380 6297 |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Manhush settlement hromada |
Manhush (Ukrainian: Мангуш) is an rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was the administrative seat of Manhush Raion, but is now administered under Mariupol Raion. The population is
The town has been under Russian occupation since March 2022.
The settlement was founded by around 800 Crimean Greeks (out of Mangup) who were deported by Alexander Suvorov's troops. It was a village in Mariupol uyezd of Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1946 to 1995 it was known as Pershotravneve or Pershotravnevyi. In January 1989 the population of the settlement was 7467 people.[1]
In April 2022, during the Russo-Ukraine War, the town was reported to have been the site of a mass grave consisting of three hundred pits, each measuring six feet by ten feet. The mass graves are believed to contain civilian corpses taken from the siege of nearby Mariupol.[2]