Zhdanivka

Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka (Жданівка, ; Ждановка) is a small city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of  The city is occupied by regular Russian and pro-Russian proxy forces since 2014.

History
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Zhdanivka. On 16 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.

On 20 September 2014, Ukrainian troops left the city due to the threat of encirclement. Since then, it has remained under control of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.

General Information
It occupies an area of 2 km², of which 72% is under construction. One inhabitant has 20 m² of green spaces. The average temperature in January is −7.2 °C, in July +22 °C. Annual rainfall is 500 mm.

The population on 5 December 2001 was 13.7 thousand people, at the beginning of 2004 it was 13.2 thousand people. More than 70% are employed in the national economy and work in industry. The main businesses are mines.

In the city there is a church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, a women's monastery is being created.

In the administrative plan, Zhdanivka is subordinated to the urban-type villages of Vilkhivka, 1 rural settlement.

Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the population of the city was 13,266 people, of which 10.94% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 88.05% - Russian, 0.35% - Armenian, 0.29% - Belarusian, 0.04% - Moldovan, 0.02% - Polish and Greek. As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:


 * Ethnicity
 * Ukrainians: 48.3%
 * Russians: 47.4%
 * Belarusians: 1.4%


 * Language
 * Russian: 88.05%
 * Ukrainian: 10.94%
 * Armenian: 0.35%
 * Belarusian: 0.29%