Soledar

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Country

Ukraine

Population (2013)

• Total

11,708

Soledar (Ukrainian: Соледар) is a city in Bakhmut municipality, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 11,708 (2013 est.)^[1]. In 2001, the population was 13,151. The name of the town stands for 'gift of salt' both in Russian and Ukrainian. In Soviet times, until 1991, the city was known as Karlo-Libknekhtivsk (Ukrainian: Карло-Лібкнехтівськ), named after Karl Liebknecht. The main enterprises of the city are related to mining and processing industries: State Enterprise Association Artyomsol is mining and processing rock salt and Knauf Gips Donbass (a subsidiary of a German gypsum producer KNAUF). The first settlement in the area of the town appeared not later than in 1881, with the start of commercial salt production.

The town has a major tourist attraction: the underground galleries and chambers of salt mines, which are also used extensively for speleo (cave) treatment of asthma and other lung diseases.

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;^[2]^[3] including Soledar.^[4] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.^[5] On 2 August 2014 the identification team and OSCE observers dealing with the MH17 crash set up base in Soledar, because from there it was easier to get to the crash site.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[9]

Ukrainian 60.1%
Russian 39.4%
Armenian 0.1%
Belarusian 0.1%

Gallery

Railway station
Salt mine entrance
Inside the mine
Underground football field and concert hall in Soledar mine

References

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Populated places of Bakhmut municipality

Administrative center: Bakhmut

Cities	Bakhmut Chasiv Yar Soledar

Urban-type settlements	Krasna Hora

Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

Administrative center: Donetsk

Raions

Cities

Regional	Avdiivka Bakhmut Debaltseve Dobropillia Dokuchaievsk Donetsk Druzhkivka Dymytrov Horlivka Khartsyzk Kirovske Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Krasnoarmiisk Lyman Makiivka Mariupol Novohrodivka Selydove Shakhtarsk Sloviansk Snizhne Toretsk Torez Vuhledar Yasynuvata Yenakiieve Zhdanivka

District	Amvrosiivka Artemove Bilozerske Bilytske Chasiv Yar Hirnyk Ilovaisk Komsomolske Krasnohorivka Kurakhove Marinka Mospyne Mykolaivka Novoazovsk Rodynske Siversk Soledar Sviatohirsk Svitlodarsk Ukrainsk Volnovakha Vuhlehirsk Yunokomunarivsk Zuhres

Urban-type settlements
Category:Donetsk Oblast

Ukrainian crisis

General
topics

War in Donbass

Timeline	April–June 2014 July–September 2014 October–December 2014 January–March 2015 April–June 2015 July–September 2015 October–December 2015 January–March 2016 April 2016–present

Battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Zelenopillya rocket attack (11 July 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (16 January – 20 February 2015) Mariupol rocket attack (24 January 2015) Shyrokyne standoff (10 February – 3 July 2015) Battle of Marinka (3 June 2015) Battle of Dokuchaievsk (4–5 March 2016)

Related	Humanitarian situation International reactions

Other events

Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014)
Odessa clashes (2 May 2014)
Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014)
Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014)
40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014)
Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014)
Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014)
- reactions
UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014)
NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014)
Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014)
Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014)
Donbass general elections (2 November 2014)
2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014)
Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015)
Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015)
Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015)
Kharkiv bombing (22 February 2015)

Proclaimed
states

Republic of Crimea (17–18 March 2014)
Donetsk People's Republic (since 7 April 2014)
Luhansk People's Republic (since 27 April 2014)
Novorossiya (24 May 2014 – 20 May 2015)

Background

Pre-1917 Novorossiya
1918 Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
1918 Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
2004 South-East Ukrainian Autonomous Republic
2012 law on languages
2014 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement

Main places

Donetsk
- International Airport
- Druzhba Arena
Luhansk
- International Airport
Kharkiv
Odessa
Donetsk Oblast
- Bakhmut
- Debaltseve
- Dobropillia
- Druzhkivka
- Dzerkalne
- Horlivka
- Hrabove
- Ilovaisk
- Karlivka
- Khartsyzk
- Kirovske
- Kostiantynivka
- Kramatorsk
- Krasnoarmiisk
- Lyman
- Makiivka
- Marinka
- Mariupol
- Mykolaivka
- Novoazovsk
- Pisky
- Savur-Mohyla
- Shakhtarsk
- Siversk
- Sloviansk
- Snizhne
- Staromykhailivka
- Toretsk
- Torez
- Volnovakha
- Vuhlehirsk
- Yampil
- Yasynuvata
- Yenakiieve
- Zhdanivka
Luhansk Oblast
- Alchevsk
- Antratsyt
- Chornukhyne
- Izvaryne
- Kirovsk
- Krasnodon
- Krasnyi Luch
- Lysychansk
- Metalist
- Novosvitlivka
- Oleksandrivsk
- Pervomaisk
- Pobieda
- Popasna
- Rubizhne
- Shchastya
- Sievierodonetsk
- Stakhanov
- Stanytsia Luhanska
- Sverdlovsk

(Pro-)
Russian

Organizations	Russian Armed Forces United Armed Forces of Novorossiya List of equipment Army of the South-East Russian Orthodox Army Vostok Battalion Donetsk Republic (political party) New Russia Party Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Peace for Lugansk Region Borotba Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Ukrainian Choice Russophone Ukraine Night Wolves The Other Russia Eurasian Youth Union

Lead figures	Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov Sergey Shoygu Vladimir Antyufeyev Igor Bezler Valery Bolotov Alexander Borodai Mikhail Chumachenko Aleksandr Dugin Pavel Gubarev Ekaterina Gubareva Igor Kakidzyanov Alexander Khodakovsky Arsen Klinchaev Vladimir Kononov Aleksey Mozgovoy Igor Plotnitsky Vyacheslav Ponomarev Andrei Purgin Denis Pushilin Igor Strelkov Oleg Tsaryov Alexander Zakharchenko

Ukrainian

Organizations	Yatsenyuk Government Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard of Ukraine Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Right Sector Territorial defense battalions Aidar Battalion Azov Battalion Dnipro Battalion Donbas Battalion Kharkiv Battalion Sich Battalion Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion

Lead figures	Petro Poroshenko Oleksandr Turchynov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Andriy Parubiy Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Valeriy Heletey Mykhailo Koval Mykhailo Kutsyn Oleh Makhnitskyi Viktor Muzhenko Vitaly Yarema Oleh Lyashko Dmytro Yarosh Ihor Kolomoyskyi Serhiy Taruta Ihor Baluta Semen Semenchenko Hennadiy Moskal Nadiya Savchenko

Coordinates: 48°41′N 38°06′E / 48.683°N 38.100°E / 48.683; 38.100

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