Kurakhove

Kurakhove (Ukrainian: Курахове, Russian: Курахово) is a city in Marinka Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 18,782 (2020 est.)[1] ; 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is Kurakhove Power Station.

Kurakhove Курахове
City
Kurakhove Reservoir and power station
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Kurakhove Kurakhove
Coordinates: 47°59′N 37°16′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Raion	Kurakhove Municipality
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,782

In Kurakhove the 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence referendum was conducted; but the city did not became part of the territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (who held the referendum).[2] Since then the city is 10 miles west of the frontlines of the War in Donbass.[3][4]

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  City council
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  Church in Kurakhove
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  Sports centre
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  Lermontov Street in Kurakhove
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  Kurakhove Reservoir

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
2. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
4. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/kurakhove-a-ukrainian-controlled-city-10-kilometers-from-the-war-front-is-on-edge-with-residents-divided-392382.html