Siedove

Siedove

Siedove

Urban locality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Siedove (Ukrainian: Сєдове; Russian: Седово) is a rural settlement in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was formerly part of Novoazovsk Raion. Siedove is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away from Novoazovsk. It is currently controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic.[1] Population: 2,569 (2022 estimate).[2]

Quick Facts Сєдове, Country ...

The settlement is named after Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov (1877–1914), a Russian Arctic explorer.

Geography

Located on the Kriv Spit [uk] on the coast of the Azov Sea, the small city is 60 km east of Mariupol.

History

The village was founded in 1750. Until 1940 it was called Krivaya Kosa (the same name as the spit on which it lies). Then the village was renamed "Siedove" in honor of the famous polar explorer and hydrographer Georgy Sedov, born there in 1877.

References

  1. [1]
    "ДНР преподнесла Порошенко свое видение проведения выборов на Донбассе. Полный текст" [DPR: Poroshenko presented his vision of the elections in the Donbass. Full text.]. Dialog.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. [2]
    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.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Siedove, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.