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Myrnohrad Мирноград | |
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 Kapitalna Coal Mine in Myrnohrad | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Myrnohrad | |
  Myrnohrad  Myrnohrad | |
| Coordinates:48°17′28″N37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E /48.29111; 37.26806 | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Pokrovsk |
| Hromada | Myrnohrad urban |
| Founded | 1911 |
| City status | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City council |
| • Mayor | Oleksandr Leonidovich Brykalov |
| Area | |
• Total | 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 46,098 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| Website | https://myrnograd-rada.gov.ua/ |
Myrnohrad (Ukrainian:Мирноград,pronounced[mɪrnoˈɦrɑd]ⓘ;Russian:Мирноград,romanized: Mirnograd), formerlyDymytrov[a] until 2016, is a city inDonetsk Oblast, easternUkraine. It was acity of regional significance before the status was abolished in 2020. Population:46,098 (2022 estimate).[1] Warfare evacuations reduced the civilian population to 1,658 (2024 estimate).[2]
The city was previously named afterGeorgi Dimitrov, a prominent Bulgarian and Soviet communist politician, but was renamed in 2016 as a result ofdecommunization laws.[3]
The historical predecessors of the city of Myrnohrad were two mining settlements formed near coal mines - Novoekonomichne (1911) and Hrodivka (1916). These two settlements were built in the early twentieth century on land leased from the rural communities of Novoekonomichne and Hrodivka villages. In 1934, mine No. 5-6 (Hrodivka mine) was named afterGeorgi Dimitrov.[4]
From October 1941 to September 1943, the city was under the occupation ofNazi Germany duringWorld War II.[4]
In 1966, probably as a result of prolonged heavy rains, a part of the mine 5/6 mine terricone in Myrnohrad collapsed, completely demolishing buildings on Sadova, Zhdanov, and Rozynska streets. Everyone who was in the buildings and nearby was killed. The authorities then hid the tragedy from the public.[5]
In 1972, the mining villages of Novoekonomichne and Dymytriv were united under the common name of Dymytriv. This mining town was named after the Bulgarian politician, the first communist ruler of Bulgaria, Georgi Dimitrov,[6] in honor of his friendship with the Bulgarian people, whose representatives worked in the mines in the 1960s. In August 1990, Dimitrov was granted the status of a city of regional significance.[citation needed]
Russo-Ukrainian War
Unlike in most of the larger cities in Donetsk Oblast, an unrecognizedindependence referendum in May 2014 was not held in the city.[7]
On 17 January 2015, the city dismantled the monument to Lenin.
On 21 March 2016, in accordance with the law on decommunization, Dimitrov's deputies chose a new name and voted to rename the city Myrnohrad.[8]
On 12 May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed the city of Dymytriv to Myrnohrad. The relevant bill No. 4468 was voted for by 265 MPs. The renaming came into force on 22 May 2016.[9] On 20 May, a monument of Georgi Dimitrov was demolished in the city.[10]
On 27 February 2023, duringRussia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russians launched a missile attack on the city, damaging a kindergarten.[11]
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Since the onset of Russia'soffensive to reach Pokrovsk in July 2024, their forces have advanced increasingly closer to Myrnohrad; on 13 August, a Ukrainian soldier said that Russian forces in the area were tasked with the city's capture,[12] and on 16 August, Ukrainian officials reported that Russia was six kilometers from the city. The recent advances led the population to be ordered to evacuate, with an estimated 20,000 people remaining in the city on 16 August, and a complete evacuation expected by the end of August 2024.[13] On 19 August, Head of the Myrnohrad Military Administration Yuriy Tretyak warned that only one to three days are left to evacuate the city in face of advancing Russian troops, and that Myrnohrad was shelled for several days already.[14]
On 29 August, Russian forces reportedly entered the southern outskirts of Myrnohrad, although whether these were only reconnaissance groups or if actual soldiers were in the city was disputed.[15]
In wake of Russia's offensive towardsPokrovsk, in late 2024 and January of 2025, Myrnohrad saw a steady advancement of Russian forces on the town. Since the start of battle, it has been subjected to heavy bombardment, including the shelling of a hospital.[16]
The city of Myrnograd is located in the steppe zone of the southeastern part of Ukraine, in the southwest of the Donetsk ridge. The city is part of the Prydniprovsky agro-soil region. The soil is formed by forests and forest-like loams. The soil cover mainly consists of ordinary black soil.
The climate is moderately continental. Strong winds are characteristic, high air temperatures in summer, and showers. The coldest months of the year are January and February, with an average temperature of −4.8 °C, and the warmest month is June, with an average temperature of +26.4 °C. The average amount of precipitation is 524 mm. The prevailing winds are from the east and southeast. The depth of soil freezing is up to 1 meter. The relief is a steppe plain, cut by a ravine-river network of the Rodinskaya and Sennaya gullies. The hydrography of the territory is represented by streams and drains that flow at the bottom of the gullies. Groundwater in the floodplains of the gullies lies at a depth of 0.5 to 3 m, on the plateau and slopes - above 10 m.
For Myrnograd as an industrial city, along with other social problems, the most urgent are the improvement of the environmental situation and optimization of natural resources. The environmental situation of the city is characterized as tense and requires the implementation of a set of measures. The city is home to 6 industrial enterprises: 3 mines, a beneficiation plant, a RMZ, the Buddetal plant, 12 enterprises providing services to coal enterprises, and 3 automobile enterprises. The most acute problems of the city are pollution of air and water basins. In 2002, stationary pollution facilities emitted 38,508 thousand tons of harmful substances into the atmosphere, including solids — 2,541 tons, gaseous and liquid — 35,961 tons. Most of the emissions of harmful substances are from coal industry and municipal enterprises. High concentrations of emissions are observed within the sanitary protection zones of enterprises. To improve the environmental situation, a number of measures are envisaged that take into account the prevention of pollution of air, water basins, and soil.
As of the2001 Ukrainian census:[17]
The education system includes 11 comprehensive schools, a boarding school, an educational and industrial complex, 2 vocational schools, and an evening school. In 2002, a Ukrainian gymnasium was opened on the basis of school No. 11. In 2004, the Myrnograd City Lyceum was opened on the basis of school No. 17.
The city also has an Interschool Resource Center (IRC).
Type of activity: 85.32 Vocational-technical training.
Thanks to this, pupils studying in grades 10-11 have the opportunity to obtain work qualifications.
Children's music school, centralized library system (3 branches), city park of culture and recreation named after Gagarin, cinema "Sofia", structural unit of the park of culture and recreation. The city has subordinate institutions: Palace of Culture "Ukraine", center for harmonious development of children and adolescents "Brigantina" and two folk museums of the history of mines - named after Dimitrov and mine "Central".
The Youth Sports School has about 1,500 children, which is 20.2% of all general education schools in the city. The stadium hosts football championship competitions among Second League teams, and also holds athletics classes.
The main city employer is a mining company "Myrnohradvuhillya" (formerly Krasnoarmiyskvuhillya, after the city's central train station) along with refining factory "Komsomolska".
