Sofiivka () or Karlo-Marksove (; ) is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

Yenakiieve urban hromada Yenakiieve urban hromada () is a prospective hromada of Ukraine, located in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Yenakiieve. The area of the hromada has been controlled by the separatist Donetsk People's Republic ...

Horlivka Raion Horlivka Raion (; ) is a prospective raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is in the town of Horlivka. Population: ...

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(

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) of

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. Population:

History

The town was originally named "Karlo-Marksove", after the German-born political philosopher

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

, but after 2014 it was renamed to Sofivka to abide by the

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policies in Ukraine but it's effects were only de-jure since it was occupied by pro-russian DPR separatists which doesn't recognize Ukraine's legitimacy over Donetsk Oblast. In 2023 the town as well as other parts of the DPR were

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by Russia after a mostly unrecognized referendum.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
* Ukrainian 14.76% *

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

84.92% *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

0.10% * Moldovan (

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

) and Hungarian 0.01%

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Horlivka Raion Yenakiieve urban hromada