Volnovakha
Volnovakha (Ukrainian: Волнова́ха, IPA: [woɫnoˈwɑxɐ]; Russian: Волнова́ха; Greek: Βολνοβάχα) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Volnovakha Raion within the oblast. As of January 2022, it had a population of 21,166.
Volnovakha
Волноваха | |
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Palace of Culture | |
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Flag Seal | |
Volnovakha Volnovakha | |
| Coordinates: 47°36′08″N 37°29′31″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Volnovakha urban hromada |
| Founded | 1881 |
| City status | 1938 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 21,166 |
| Website | www.volnovaha.net (archive) |
The train station is a railway hub. It serves the only onshore rail line between Donetsk and Russia to the north-east and east, and Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Crimea to the west and south-west, and the only rail line south to Mariupol.
In February and March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many of its buildings were damaged or destroyed. The governor of the region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said that 90% of the city's critical infrastructure was destroyed.
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