Milove

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Milove
Мілове
Меловое
Urban-type settlement
Milove is located in Lugansk Oblast
Milove
Milove
Location of Milove inf Luhansk Oblast
Coordinates: 49°22′40″N 40°07′50″E / 49.37778°N 40.13056°E / 49.37778; 40.13056Coordinates: 49°22′40″N 40°07′50″E / 49.37778°N 40.13056°E / 49.37778; 40.13056
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionMilove Raion
Area
605 km2 (234 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
5,770

Milove (Ukrainian: Мілове) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Milove Raion in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 5,770 (2021 est.)[1].

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 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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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