| Official Name: | Staromykhailivka | ||||||
| Native Name: | Старомихайлівка | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Donetsk Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Donetsk urban hromada | ||||||
| Population Total: | 5091 | ||||||
| Timezone1: | EET | ||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 85636 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 47.9989°N 37.5836°W | ||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||
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Staromykhailivka (Ukrainian: Старомихайлівка), sometimes transcribed as Staromikhailovka (Russian: Старомихайловка), is a rural settlement in Donetsk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. Due to occupation of the settlement and other eastern portions of Marinka Raion by Russian forces, in 2020 the raion was dissolved and most of it still controlled by Ukraine merged with Volnovakha Raion. Population:
Staromykhailivka is located on banks of Lozova river which is a tributary of Vovcha. Staromykhailivka is a suburb of Donetsk bordering the Donetsk's Abakumova neighborhood (microdistrict). The settlement has population of 5,337 (2011).[1]
The settlement was established in 1747 by Mykhailo Motsahor and was known as Mykhailivka.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2] [3] including Staromykhailivka.[4] On 2 August 2014 the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine confirmed reports that Ukrainian forces had recaptured control of Staromykhailivka from pro-Russian insurgents.[5] [6]
As of October 2016, the settlement was under control of pro-Russian forces.[7]