Manhush, Donetsk Oblast Explained

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.

History

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]

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  1. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  2. News: Engelbrecht . Cora . Triebert . Christiaan . 2022-04-21 . Satellite images show what appears to be a growing mass grave near Mariupol. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-21 . 0362-4331.