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{{short description|City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{recentism|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = [[List of cities in Ukraine|City]]
| name = Svitlodarsk
| native_name = {{native name|uk|Світлодарськ}}<br />{{native name|ru|Светлодарск}}
| image_skyline = File:Светлодарск.jpg
| image_caption = Svitlodarsk beach on the shore =of Svitlodarskthe cooling pool of scenethe overlooking[[Vuhlehirska powerPower plantStation]]
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Ukraine}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagcountry|Donetsk Oblast|name=[[Donetsk Oblast}}]]
| subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Bakhmut raion.png}} [[Bakhmut Raion]]
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_relief = y
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Svitlodarsk within Donetsk Oblast## Location of Svitlodarsk within Ukraine
| pushpin_mapsize =
| coordinates = {{coord|48|26|N|38|13|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| population_total = 11127
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_density_km2 = auto
| area_total_km2 = 2.12
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1968
| established_title1 = City rights
| established_date1 = 1992
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| elevation_m = 172
| postal_code_type = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code = 84792
| area_code = +380-6249
| blank_name = Government address
| blank_info = 84792, Донецька область, Бахмутський район, м. Світлодарськ, пр. Миру, 5
| website =
| footnotes =
| module = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=12 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
| subdivision_type3 = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Svitlodarsk urban hromada]]
}}
 
'''Svitlodarsk''' ({{Lang-Langx|uk|Світлода́рськСвітлодарськ}}, {{IPA-|uk|s⁽ʲ⁾w⁽ʲ⁾itɫoˈdɑrsʲk|IPA}}; {{Lang-Langx|ru|Светлодарск|Svetlodarsk}}) is a [[City of district significance (Ukraine)|city of district significance]] in [[Bakhmut Raion]], [[Donetsk Oblast]], eastern [[Ukraine]]. The city has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|11,127|.}}
 
It is an [[factory town|industrial]] town, built as the home for the [[Vuhlehirska power station]].
 
InDuring the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]] (that startedbegan in the spring of 2014), the city was near the frontline with the separatist [[Donetsk People's Republic]].<ref name=kp23a15>[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraine-forces-in-svitlodarsk-try-to-learn-whats-coming-next-in-russias-war-396386.html Ukraine forces in Svitlodarsk try to learn what's coming next in Russia's war], [[Kyiv Post]] (23 August 2015)</ref> Because of the conflict, the number of residents has shrunkshrank to a few thousand by 2015.<ref name=kp23a15/> In 2016, it was the site of the bloody [[battle of Svitlodarsk]]. It was a [[City of district significance (Ukraine)|city of district significance]] until that designation was abolished in 2020.
 
On 24 May 2022, during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the city was captured by Russian forces as part of the [[Battle of Donbas (2022)|battle of Donbas]].<ref name="Svitlodarsk24522">{{Cite web |title=Donetsk region: occupying forces capture Svitlodarsk|url=https://news.yahoo.com/donetsk-region-occupying-forces-capture-133430234.html|access-date=24 May 2022 |work=Yahoo News |date=24 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
As of the [[2001 Ukrainian census|Ukrainian national census]] in 2001, 13,203 people were residing in the city. Accounting for over 60% of the population, ethnic [[Ukrainians]] make up the majority of the local population, while almost 37% of the population claims to have a [[Russians|Russian]] background. The exact ethnic composition was as follows:<ref name=towel>{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}</ref>
Native language as of the [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|Ukrainian Census of 2001]]:<ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua ukrcensus.gov.ua]</ref>
{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Svitlodarsk|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|[[Ukrainians]]|dodgerblue|60.25}}
* [[Russian language|Russian]] – 75.0%
{{bar percent|[[Russians]]|purple|36.71}}
* [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] – 24.6%▼
{{bar percent|[[Belarusians]]|red|1.17}}
* [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] – 0.1%▼
{{bar percent|[[Ukrainian Greeks]]|lightblue|0.35}}
* [[Armenian language|Armenian]] – 0.1%▼
{{bar percent|[[Armenians]]|brown|0.29}}
 
{{bar percent|[[Tatars]]|olive|0.12}}
== See also ==
{{bar percent|[[Moldovans]]|pink|0.14}}
* [[Battle of Svitlodarsk]]
{{bar percent|[[Tatars]]|olive|0.12}}}}
In terms of languages, Svitlodarsk is predominantly [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian-speaking]]. Three out of four persons claimed to use [[Russian language|Russian]] as their primary language, while the remaining quarter, with only very few exceptions, spoke [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] as their first language. The exact lingual composition as of the [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|Ukrainian Census of 2001]] was:<ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua ukrcensus.gov.ua]</ref>
{{bar box|title=Native languages in Svitlodarsk|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|[[Russian language|Russian]]|purple|75.0}}
▲*{{bar percent|[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] – |dodgerblue|24.6%}}
▲*{{bar percent|[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] – |red|0.1%}}
▲*{{bar percent|[[Armenian language|Armenian]] – |brown|0.1%}}
{{bar percent|others|gray|0.2}}}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Cities in Donetsk Oblast]]
[[Category:BakhmutSvitlodarsk Raionurban hromada]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
[[Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine]]
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