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Novoazovsk

City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

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image_skyline	Novoazovsk, 2007.jpg
image_caption	Main square of Novoazovsk
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ukraine
subdivision_type1	Oblast
subdivision_name1	Donetsk Oblast
subdivision_type2	Raion
subdivision_name2	Kalmiuske Raion
subdivision_type3	Hromada
subdivision_name3	Novoazovsk urban hromada
established_date	1849
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Oleh Sidorenko
unit_pref	Metric
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes
area_magnitude
area_blank2_title
area_total_km2	8
area_blank2_km2
elevation_m	21
population_total	11051
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postal_code	87600 - 87605
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Novoazovsk (, ; , ) is a border city on the south-eastern tip of Ukraine (near the border with Russia), in Kalmiuske Raion, in Donetsk Oblast. Since 2014, it has been occupied by Donetsk People's Republic and then Russia.

Novoazovsk and adjacent areas are the only places in Ukraine where the great black-headed gull (Larus ichthyaetus) lives.

Etymology

1849–1923 Novonikolayevska (Novomykolaivska)
1923–1959 Budyonivka (Budionnivka)
1959–present Novoazovsk

History

Beginning in mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Novoazovsk. In June 2014 Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the separatists. Fighting in the area continued on 26 August 2014. According to a Ukrainian Dnipro Battalion commander, Novoazovsk was overrun by Russian tanks and fell to the Russians on 27 August.

Gallery

File:Пляжная дорога - panoramio.jpg|Beach in Novoazovsk File:Николаевская Церковь.JPG|St Nicholas Church

Geography

Climate

The climate in Novoazovsk is a hot/warm summer subtype (Köppen: Dfa) of the humid continental climate.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Novoazovsk had a population of 12,723 people. The majority of the population is ethnically Ukrainian, yet Russian is the most common language in the city. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:

Currently, population of the city was estimated to inhabitants.

References

[http://www.euronews.com/2014/03/17/ukraine-steps-up-security-at-novoazovsk-border-check-point/ Ukraine steps up security at Novoazovsk border check point] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-10-26 , [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (17 March 2014))
"Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus".
(16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together".
{{in lang. uk [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/08/28/7035992/ Novoazovsk captured by Russian troops - Commander spetsroty], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (28 August 2014)
The situation around the town then became relatively quiet. On 25 August 2014, Ukraine claimed that Russian soldiers disguised as separatists had opened a new front in the [[War in Donbass]] with an offensive against [[Mariupol]]. Ukraine claimed it had blocked this offensive near Novoazovsk.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-column-idUSKBN0GP0MB20140825 Ukraine accuses Russia of opening new front before leaders' meeting], [[Reuters]] (25 August 2014)
[http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-crisis-putin-poroshenko-meet-in-minsk-amid-border-violence-1.2746851 Ukraine crisis: Putin, Poroshenko meet in Minsk amid border violence], [[CBC News]] (26 August 2014)
"Climate: Novoazovsk". World Weather Online.
"Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
"Національний склад міст".

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