Mykhailivka | |
Native Name: | Михайлівка |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Coordinates: | 48.1417°N 37.3528°W |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Mykhailivka shown within Ukraine |
Population Total: | 1,269 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast |
Subdivision Name2: | Pokrovsk Raion |
Subdivision Name3: | Novohrodivka urban hromada |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 85380 |
Elevation M: | 173 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 623 |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1885 |
Mykhailivka (uk|Михайлівка) is a village in Novohrodivka urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The population was estimated to be 890 in 2021.[1]
The village was founded in 1885 by German Mennonite settlers from Molochansk as Kotlyarivka, 35 kilometers northwest of Donetsk.
In 1911, the population was 237; in 1919, 200; in 1926, 431, of which 392 were Germans.[2]
The village was captured by Russia during the Pokrovsk offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine around 1 September 2024[3] and later confirmed by the Russian defense ministry in 13 October 2024.[4]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of the village was 1,269, of which 74.39% stated Ukrainian to be their native language, 25.45% stated their native language to be Russian, and 0.08% to be German.[5]