Snizhne or Snezhnoye ( uk, Сніжне́, ; russian: Снежное; until 1864 — Vasylivka — uk, Василівка) is a city in Horlivka Raion,

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border of

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost Adminis ...

. Its population is

History

The settlement was established in 1784 as a "winter place" Vasylivka (Vasilyevka) by

Don Cossacks Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До ...

and was part of the Taganrog city municipality. In 1864 it was renamed as Snizhne/Snezhnoye which literally means ''Snowy''. During the

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine From the end of February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in major cities across the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the succe ...

the town was held by separatists. On July 15, 2014, rockets from an unidentified aircraft struck the town hitting an apartment building and a tax office, leaving at least eleven people dead and eight injured. Separatists blamed the

Ukrainian Air Force The Ukrainian Air Force ( uk, Пові́тряні си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its headquarters are in the city of Vinnytsia. Wh ...

for the attack, but Ukrainian sources denied it and stated that since the incident where an

An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twin ...

plane was shot down on July 14, 2014, they have carried out no flights there. Instead they blamed Russian jets. After the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014, a YouTube video and photo emerged with citizen journalists claiming the material was from Snizhne and showed a Buk missile launcher. On 28 September 2016, the Joint Investigation Team, investigating into the shoot down, confirmed that the aircraft had been brought down with a 9M38 BUK missile which had been fired from a rebel-controlled field near the town of Pervomaiske, south of Snizhne. Fighting for the control of the town between the separatists and the

Ukrainian army The Ukrainian Ground Forces ( uk, Сухопу́тні військá Збрóйних сил Украї́ни), also known as the Ukrainian Army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They w ...

broke out on 28 July 2014. Snizhne remained under the effective control of the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a disputed en ...

Demographics

As of the

2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

, reported ethnicity and language preferences were: ;Ethnicity * Ukrainians: 51.3% * Russians: 41% * Belarusians: 1.0% * Tatars: 0.9% * Armenians: 0.2% * Greeks: 0.2% ;Language * Russian: 84.1% *

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: 14.8% * Armenian: 0.1% * Belarusian: 0.1%

Economy

* Snizhneantratsyt * Snizhne Engineering Factory (a branch of

Motor Sich The Motor Sich Joint Stock Company ( uk, АТ «Мотор Січ») is a Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer headquartered in Zaporizhzhia. The company manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters, and also industrial marine gas turbi ...

) * Snizhnianskkhimmash, a factory of chemical engineering * Sofyino-Brodska train station

Gallery

File:Снежное. Шахта 9.jpg, Mine № 9 File:Snezhnoe 047.jpg,

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...

monument File:Snezhnoe 033.jpg, School №1 File:Snezhnoe 014.jpg, Military museum File:Snezhnoe 062.jpg, Church File:Snezhnoe 080.jpg, Monument File:Snezhnoe 084.jpg, St. Dmytro Church File:Snezhnoe 091.jpg, Water tower File:Snezhnoe 096.jpg, Sofino-Bridska rail station File:Snezhnoe 138.jpg, Snizhne apartment blocks

References

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Cities in Donetsk Oblast Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Horlivka Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub