| Official Name: | Pivnichne | ||||
| Native Name: | Північне | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pivnichne | ||||
| Coordinates: | 48.3886°N 37.9067°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Ukraine | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Bakhmut Raion | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Toretsk urban hromada | ||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 7.15 | ||||
| Elevation M: | 229 | ||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Population Total: | 9,024 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||
| Postal Code: | 85280-85284 | ||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||
| Area Code: | +380 6247 | ||||
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Pivnichne (uk|Північне; ru|Пивничное), formerly Kirove (uk|Кірове; ru|Кирово), is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, it had a population of 9,024 people.[2]
The settlement began in the late 18th century around the coal mining industry in the region, which was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1936, by which time it was now in the Soviet Union, it received the name Kirove, after the Bolshevik leader Sergei Kirov. In 1938, it was designated an urban-type settlement.[3]
During World War II, 186 people from Kirove died on the front. From October 1941 to September 1942, Kirove was under the occupation of Nazi Germany.[3]
In 2016, Kirove was renamed to Pivnichne, conforming to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
On June 22, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold within the settlement amid a renewed campaign to capture Donetsk Oblast,[4] along advances to other satellite settlements of the Toretsk urban hromada, as geolocated footage by DeepState confirmed.[5]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 11,747 people.[3] Their native languages were: