Bashtanka
City in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Bashtanka (Ukrainian: Баштанка, pronounced [bɐʃˈtɑnkɐ]) is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Bashtanka Raion. Bashtanka hosts the administration of Bashtanka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 12,180 (2022 estimate).[1] In 2001, population was 13,146.
Bashtanka
Баштанка | |
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House of Culture in Bashtanka | |
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| Coordinates: 47°24′20″N 32°26′15″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Mykolaiv Oblast |
| Raion | Bashtanka Raion |
| Hromada | Bashtanka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1806 |
| City rights | 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Volodymyr Rybachenko |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 12,180 |
| • Density | 1,710/km2 (4,420/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 56100-56109 |
| Area code | +380-5158 |
History
Originally known as Poltavka,[3] Bashtanka was granted urban-type settlement status in 1963.[4]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March, 600 Russian soldiers in a column of about 250-300 military vehicles with the letter Z launched an offensive on Bashtanka after passing through Yavkyne. The Ukrainian Territorial Defense and local residents fired on the convoy, which retreated in disarray after entering the center of the city. Over the next few days, 28 Russian soldiers were found in and around Bashtanka hiding in basements and nearby villages.[5]
Bashtanka was shelled with Grad missiles after the Russian retreat. One of the most serious bombardments, which involved cluster munitions, took place on the morning of 13 March 2022.[5]
As of April 2022, 176 houses in the Bashtanka urban hromada had been destroyed, and only about 30% of the pre-war population remained in the city.[5]
On 20 April, a hospital was reportedly hit by a Russian missile.[6]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Bashtanka had a population of 13,072, which decreased to 12,180 in early 2022. The population is ethnically overwhelmingly Ukrainian, but also contains small minority groups from the Post-Soviet Realm. The exact ethnic and linguitic composition was as follows:[7][8]