Soledar
Sign in to saveSoledar (, ; , ; ) is a destroyed city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Situated in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the city was formerly highly important for its salt mining industry, from which its name Soledar is derived. The last estimate of its population before its destruction was 10,490, in 2022.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Soledar
- Settlement.native_name
- Соледар
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- uk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Soledar drone footage.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Holy Transfiguration Church of Soledar and surrounding buildings, pictured in April 2022
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Soledar flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- File:Soledar coat of arms.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Donetsk Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bakhmut Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Hromada
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Soledar urban hromada
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.108
- Settlement.population_as_of
- January 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 10490
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- 20th century
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- War in Donbas
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Geography
- Economy
- Salt and gypsum
- Salt mine tourism
- Transport<span class="anchor" id="Sil (village)"></span><span class="anchor" id="Sil"></span>
- Science
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- External links
Soledar (, ; , ; ) is a destroyed city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Situated in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the city was formerly highly important for its salt mining industry, from which its name Soledar is derived. The last estimate of its population before its destruction was 10,490, in 2022.
From 1925 until 1991, it was known as Karlo-Libknekhtovsk after the German socialist Karl Liebknecht. During the Battle of Soledar of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Soledar was completely destroyed and depopulated by Russian forces, who have occupied the ruins of the city and the surrounding area since January 2023.