Milove

Milove (Ukrainian: Мілове) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Milove Raion in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 5,810 (2020 est.)[1] .

Milove

Мілове

Меловое
Urban-type settlement
Milove
Location of Milove inf Luhansk Oblast
Milove
Location of Milove in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°22′40″N 40°07′50″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionMilove Raion
Area
605 km2 (234 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
5,810

The town is adjacent to the Russian town of Chertkovo in Rostov Oblast.[2] Its train station used to be on the Russian side of the border at Chertkovo railway station.

History

Milove was first mentioned in 1872 as khutir. It was a small settlement in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

It has had the status of an urban-type settlement since 1938.

During World War II it was under German occupation from July 1942 to January 1943. Later, it was Soviet stronghold during the Battle of Kursk.[3]

In January 1959 the population was 4592 people.[4]

In January 1989 the population was 5921 people.[5]

Milove was not very affected by the War in Donbass that raged in other parts of this region of Ukraine.[2] However, on November 12, 2014 a Ukrainian border guard office was shot at with a grenade launcher leaving no casualties. Political tensions have led to security cameras being installed on the Russian side of the border, and a fence being erected on the Ukrainian side of the border. [6][2][7] On November 27, 2015 two Russian servicemen were detained in the city, and later exchanged back to Russian authorities.[8]

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Ukraine crisis: Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia, BBC News (29 August 2015)
  3. История второй мировой войны (в 12 тт.). том 7. / редколл., гл. ред. А. А. Гречко. М., Воениздат, 1976. стр.150, 153
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 г.
  5. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  6. Khomenko, Svyatoslav (2015-08-29). "Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia". BBC News.
  7. (in Ukrainian) На Луганщині бойовики невдало атакували прикордонний наряд In Luhansk insurgents unsuccessfully attacked the border patrol, Espresso TV (12 November 2014)
  8. "UNIAN news. The latest news in Ukraine and worldwide".


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