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Kurakhove

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Kurakhove (, ; , ) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 21,479 (2001). Kurakhove is home to the Kurakhove Power Station. The city has been under Russian occupation since December 2024, the power station since January 2025.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.name
Kurakhove
Settlement.native_name
Курахове
Settlement.native_name_lang
uk
Settlement.image_skyline
Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Строительство храма.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Church of Our Lady Derzhavnaya
Settlement.image_seal
Coat of Arms of Kurakhove.svg
Settlement.image_flag
Kurakhove flag.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Donetsk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Pokrovsk Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Kurakhove urban hromada
Settlement.population_total
~5,000

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Area
24
Elevation
122
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
gorsovet.org.ua
Image
Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Строительство храма.jpg
Dialing code
6278
Significant event
Battle of Kurakhove
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native label
Курахове
Commons category
Kurakhove
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
category of associated people
Category:People from Kurakhove
postal code
85612
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Developments in the 20th century
  • World War II and Nazi occupation
  • Post-war reconstruction and expansion
  • 21st century and Russo-Ukrainian War
  • War in Donbas
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Enterprises
  • Education
  • Microdistricts
  • Transportation
  • Gallery
  • Notable people
  • References

Kurakhove (, ; , ) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 21,479 (2001). Kurakhove is home to the Kurakhove Power Station. The city has been under Russian occupation since December 2024, the power station since January 2025.

== Geography == The city is located in the western part of the region on the left bank of the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir of Volchya River (a tributary of the Samara, the Dnieper basin).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurakhove” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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