Kurakhove
| Kurakhove Курахове | ||
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Kurakhove Reservoir and power station | ||
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| Country | Ukraine | |
| Oblast | Donetsk | |
| Population (2013) | ||
| • Total | 20,098 | |
Kurakhove (Ukrainian: Курахове, Russian: Курахово) is a city in Marinka Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 20,098 (2013 est.)[1]; 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is Kurakhove Power Station.
In Kurakhove the 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence referendum was conducted; but the city did not became part of the territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (who held the referendum).[2] Since then the city is 10 miles west of the frontlines of the War in Donbass.[3][4]
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City council
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Church in Kurakhove
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Sports centre
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Lermontov Street in Kurakhove
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Kurakhove Reservoir
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
- ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
- ↑ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/kurakhove-a-ukrainian-controlled-city-10-kilometers-from-the-war-front-is-on-edge-with-residents-divided-392382.html
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Coordinates: 47°59′N 37°16′E / 47.983°N 37.267°E
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