Shyrokyne
Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Shyrokyne (Ukrainian: Широкине, pronounced [ʃɪˈrɔkɪne]); (Russian: Широкино, romanized: Shirokino) is a village in the Mariupol Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Shyrokyne
Широкине | |
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  Shyrokyne Location of Shyrokyne in Donetsk Oblast  Shyrokyne Shyrokyne (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°5′53″N 37°48′37″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Mariupol Raion |
| Hromada | Sartana settlement hromada |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,411 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 87650 |
| Area code | +380 6296 |
The village is situated on the shore of the Sea of Azov, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) east from the centre of Mariupol.
War in Donbas
The village became a battleground in 2014–15 during the war in Donbas.
Prior to the war, the village was situated in Novoazovsk Raion. This was changed on 9 December 2014, when the Ukrainian parliament voted to change the boundaries of the Raion, so as to allow Ukrainian-controlled territories to be separated from DPR-controlled territories. The village and its neighbours were thus placed into an expanded Volnovakha Raion.[1][2]
All civilians were evacuated from the village in February 2015, with up to 80% of the village's houses damaged beyond repair by July of that year.[3][4]
By the end of February 2016 Ukrainian troops took the village under their control as pro-Russian forces withdrew from the settlement.[5]
As of 2023, Shyrokyne is under occupation by Russian forces, who have illegally annexed Donetsk Oblast.[citation needed]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 1,411 people, of whom the majority claimed to be Ukrainophone, when they were asked about their primary languages. The exact native language composition was as follows:[6]
1 Including Mariupol Greek and Urum[7]
2 Alternative name of the Romanian language