Manhush, Donetsk Oblast

Urban locality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Manhush Мангуш
Rural settlement
Skyline of Manhush
Flag Coat of arms
47°03′00″N 37°18′00″E / 47.0500°N 37.3000°E / 47.0500; 37.3000
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Mariupol Raion
Hromada	Manhush settlement hromada
Foundation	1778
Government
• Head of settlement council	Oleksandr Kotendzhy
Area
• Total	9,291 km² (3,587 sq mi)
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,731
• Density	0.83/km² (2.2/sq mi)
Postal code	87400—87405
Area code	+380 6297

Manhush (Ukrainian: Мангуш) is an rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was the administrative seat of Manhush Raion, but is now administered under Mariupol Raion. The population is 7,731 (2022 estimate).^[1]

The town has been under Russian occupation since March 2022.

History

The settlement was founded by around 800 Crimean Greeks (out of Mangup) who were deported by Alexander Suvorov's troops. It was a village in Mariupol uyezd of Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1946 to 1995 it was known as Pershotravneve or Pershotravnevyi. In January 1989 the population of the settlement was 7467 people.^[2]

In April 2022, during the Russo-Ukraine War, the town was reported to have been the site of a mass grave consisting of three hundred pits, each measuring six feet by ten feet. The mass graves are believed to contain civilian corpses taken from the siege of nearby Mariupol.^[3]

Gallery

Alley of Glory in Manhush
Historical building
"White Bird" folk dance theatre in Manhush

References

^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
^ Engelbrecht, Cora; Triebert, Christiaan (2022-04-21). "Satellite images show what appears to be a growing mass grave near Mariupol". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-21.