Memryk

Memryk
Мемрик
Village
Interactive map of Memryk
Memryk is located in Ukraine
Memryk
Memryk
Location of Memryk within Ukraine
Memryk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Memryk
Memryk
Memryk (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°07′26″N 37°23′55″E / 48.1239°N 37.3986°E / 48.1239; 37.3986
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionPokrovsk Raion
HromadaNovohrodivka urban hromada
Founded1885
Elevation
201 m (659 ft)
Population
 (2001 census)
 • Total
398
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
85380
Area code+380 623
KATOTTHUA14160170100052886

Memryk (Ukrainian: Мемрик; Russian: Мемрик) is a village in Novohrodivka urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located 31.85 kilometres (19.79 mi) northwest by west (NWbW) from the centre of Donetsk city.

History

Memryk was founded in 1885 under the Russian Empire.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

The village was captured by Russian Forces by the end of August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 398 inhabitants, whose native languages were 38.44% Ukrainian, 60.80% Russian and 0.25% Moldovan (Romanian).

References

  1. 1 2 "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Grace Mappes; Davit Gasparyan; George Barros (29 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 29, 20". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 9 September 2024. Russian milbloggers also claimed that Russian forces are fighting on the northeastern outskirts of Ukrainsk (southeast of Pokrovsk), seized Memryk (immediately northeast of Ukrainsk), and entered Halitsynivka (immediately east of Ukrainsk).
  3. ↑ "La Russia dichiara di aver conquistato un altro villaggio nel Donetsk" [Russia claims to have captured another village in Donetsk]. rainews.it (in Italian). Rai News 24. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024. Il ministero della Difesa di Mosca afferma che nelle ultime ore le forze russe hanno conquistato un altro villaggio nella regione ucraina di Donetsk, quello di Memrik. [Translation: The Moscow Defence Ministry says that in the last few hours Russian forces have captured another village in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, that of Memrik.]