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Kurakhove
Sign in to saveKurakhove (, ; , ) 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
- Country
- Soviet Union
- 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
- P8168
- Chen Deming
- postal code
- 85612
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- 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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