Bakhmut (Bakhmut Municipality)
Bakhmut (Бахмýт, ), previously known as Artemivsk (Артемівськ) or Artyomovsk (Артёмовск) from 1924 to 2016, is a city in eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast. It is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 89 km north of Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Bakhmut was designated a city of regional significance until 2020 when the designation was abolished. Population:
Bakhmut was the capital of Slavo-Serbia (1753–1764), which was established by mainly Serbian frontiersmen. In 1920–1924, the city was an administrative center of Donets Governorate of the Ukrainian SSR.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bakhmut was besieged and extensively damaged by Russian forces, with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy saying on 11 December 2022 that the city had been reduced to "burnt ruins". The city's population may have been reduced by over 97%. , Ukrainian forces are in control of the city, which is an epicentre of fierce fighting, as Russian forces battle to take control.
There is a theory that the origin of the word Bakhmut is a distorted version of the word Muhammad/Mahmud in Turkish/Tatar. Another theory is that a similar variant of the same word means 'salt water'. In both cases, the name of the city is considered to be associated with the former Turkish/Tatar possession of the surrounding lands.
Bakhmut was the capital of Slavo-Serbia (1753–1764), which was established by mainly Serbian frontiersmen. In 1920–1924, the city was an administrative center of Donets Governorate of the Ukrainian SSR.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bakhmut was besieged and extensively damaged by Russian forces, with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy saying on 11 December 2022 that the city had been reduced to "burnt ruins". The city's population may have been reduced by over 97%. , Ukrainian forces are in control of the city, which is an epicentre of fierce fighting, as Russian forces battle to take control.
There is a theory that the origin of the word Bakhmut is a distorted version of the word Muhammad/Mahmud in Turkish/Tatar. Another theory is that a similar variant of the same word means 'salt water'. In both cases, the name of the city is considered to be associated with the former Turkish/Tatar possession of the surrounding lands.
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During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The area was then contested, divided, and ruled by a variety of external powers for the next 600 years, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in central Ukraine in the 17th century, but was partitioned between Russia and Poland, and ultimately absorbed by the Russian Empire. Ukrainian nationalism developed, and following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic was formed. The Bolsheviks consolidated control over much of the former empire and established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was formed in 1922. In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, a man-made famine. During World War II, Ukraine was devastated by the German occupation.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia | â‚´ | 2 |
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HU | Hungarian language |
PL | Polish language |
RU | Russian language |
UK | Ukrainian language |