Buhas
Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Buhas (Ukrainian: Бугас; Russian: Бугас, romanized: Bugas; Greek: Μπουχάς) is a village in southeastern Ukraine, located in Volnovakha urban hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It was known as Maksymivka (Ukrainian: Максимівка) during the times of the Soviet Union.
Buhas
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Buhas as seen from the highway | |
 Interactive map of Buhas | |
  Buhas Location of Velyka Novosilka within Donetsk Oblast  Buhas Buhas (Ukraine) | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Volnovakha urban hromada |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,196 |
History
On 13 January 2015, during the War in Donbas, there was an artillery strike against a civilian bus near Buhas. According to early reports, 10 passengers died and 13 were injured.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1449, of whom 5.59% natively spoke Ukrainian, 70.39% spoke Russian, 22.29% spoke Greek, 0.14% spoke Belarusian and 0.07% spoke Armenian. Buhas is a multi-ethnic town, with the majority of the population being Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, with smaller Armenian and Belarusian communities, yet a significant part of the population stated at the time of the census to be from 'another' ethnicity and to speak 'another' native language.[2]
1 Including Mariupol Greek and Urum[3]
Notable people
- Ivan Ordets, Ukrainian footballer