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Snizhne Сніжне | |
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  Snizhne  Snizhne | |
| Coordinates:48°01′41.8″N38°45′56.2″E / 48.028278°N 38.765611°E /48.028278; 38.765611 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Horlivka Raion |
| Hromada | Snizhne urban hromada |
| Founded | 1784 |
| Incorporated | 1938 |
| Area | |
• Total | 87.2 km2 (33.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 49,564 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | http://www.snezh-dnr.wmsite.ru/ |
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Snizhne (Ukrainian:Сніжне,IPA:[s⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iʒˈnɛ]) orSnezhnoye (Russian:Снежное), formerly known asVasylivka (Ukrainian:Василівка; Russian:Васильевка,romanized: Vasil'yevka) until 1864, is a city inHorlivka Raion,Donetsk Oblast,Ukraine. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border ofLuhansk Oblast. Its population is45,767 (2022 estimate).[2]
The settlement was established in 1784 as a "winter place" Vasylivka (Vasilyevka) byDon Cossacks and was part of the Taganrog city municipality. In 1864 it was renamed as Snizhne/Snezhnoye which literally meansSnowy.[citation needed]
During the2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine the town was held by separatists.On 15 July 2014, rockets from an unidentified aircraft struck the town hitting an apartment building and a tax office, leaving at least eleven people dead and eight injured.Separatists blamed theUkrainian Air Force for the attack, but Ukrainian sources denied it and stated that since the incident where anAn-26 plane was shot down on 14 July 2014, they have carried out no flights there. Instead they blamed Russian jets.[3]
After the downing ofMalaysia Airlines Flight 17 on 17 July 2014, a YouTube video and photo emerged with citizen journalists claiming the material was from Snizhne and showed aBuk missile launcher.[4] In September 2016 a Joint Investigation Team confirmed that the plane had been downed by a9M38 BUK missile launched from a rebel-controlled area near the town of Pervomaiske, 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Snizhne.[5]
Fighting for the control of the town between the separatists and theUkrainian army broke out on 28 July 2014.[6][7][8] Snizhne remained under the effective control of the self-proclaimedDonetsk People's Republic.[9]
As of the2001 Ukrainian Census, reported ethnicity and language preferences were:[10][needs update]
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