Selydove
Селидове
City
Flag of Selydove
Flag
Coat of arms of Selydove
Coat of arms
Selydove is located in Donetsk Oblast
Selydove
Selydove
Selydove is located in Ukraine
Selydove
Selydove
Coordinates: 48°9′N 37°18′E / 48.150°N 37.300°E / 48.150; 37.300
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionPokrovsk Raion
Foundedbetween 1770-1773
Area
11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
21,521

Selydove (Ukrainian: Сели́дове, pronounced [seˈɫɪdowe]; Russian: Селидово, formerly: Selydivka) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the western part of the region, on the Solona River (a tributary of the Vovchya, Dnieper basin). Its population is approximately 21,521 (2022 estimate).[1]

History

The city takes its roots from a sloboda Selydivka that was confirmed by the Bakhmut Province chancellery in 1782.

The house in Selydove after the November 2023 missile attack

At night on November 14, 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Selydove was shelled by Russian Armed Forces. As of November 16, according to State Emergency Service of Ukraine, 2 civilians was killed, 3 injured, 6 rescued, including 1 child, 2 more people may be under the rubble; 1 private residential building was destroyed, a 4-story residential building was partially destroyed, 16 private and 7 apartment buildings were damaged.[2]

Municipality

Beside the city of Selydove, part of Selydove municipality are cities Hirnyk and Ukrainsk as well as towns of Vyshneve, Hostre, Komyshivka, Kurakhivka, and Tsukuryne.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[3]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 59.3%
  • Russians: 36.7%
  • Belarusians: 1.1%
  • Tatars: 0.5%
  • Greeks: 0.4%

References

  1. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Selidove: rescue and search operations continue for the second day (UPDATED)" (in Ukrainian). The State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
  3. ↑ Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 2012-02-07

48°09′00″N 37°18′14″E / 48.15000°N 37.30389°E / 48.15000; 37.30389

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