Amvrosiivka

History

It was first founded in 1869 as a train station settlement on the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov Railway, and it received city status in 1938. Since 1896, a cement factory is located within the city, and cement production has been the dominant industry of the city. Also located within the city was a history museum, industrial technical school, 6 schools, 11 libraries, 9 hospitals, a pharmacy, a movie theater, a club, and a sport stadium.

The city's population peaked at approximately 24,400 in 1979. By 2020, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine estimated the population has decreased to

With the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, on 15 July 2014, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight wounded when Amvrosiivka was hit by several "Grad" rockets. On 24 August 2014, the city was occupied by Russian paratroopers, supported by 250 armoured vehicles and artillery pieces.

On 18 August 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a large Russian ammunition store in Amvrosiivka was attacked causing many explosions and fires that burned for several hours. After 2:30 am local time, there were "massive explosions [followed by] multiple secondary detonations."

Geography

Climate

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Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the city had a population had a population of 21,861 inhabitants. The majority of the population are ethnic Ukrainians, while people who declared an ethnic Russian background make up a large minority. The lingua franca in the settlement is Russian. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Amvrosiivka|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars=

References

References

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2. "Cities & towns of Ukraine".
3. "Herashchenko kazhe, shcho Rosiya napala na Ukrayinu shche 24 serpnya".
4. (24 August 2014). "V Amvrosiyevku voshli rossiyskiye voyska bez znakov otlichiya".
5. [https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08/18/fire-and-sounds-of-detonation-reported-in-occupied-amvrosiivka-donetsk-oblast-after-allegedly-ukrainian-missile-strike/ Fire and sounds of detonation reported in occupied Amvrosiivka, Donetsk Oblast, after allegedly Ukrainian missile strike], 18 August 2022.
6. "Національний склад міст".
7. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".