Kodema
Kodema Кодема | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kodema Location of Kodema within Ukraine  Kodema Kodema (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′28″N 38°05′27″E / 48.474444°N 38.090833°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
| Hromada | Svitlodarsk urban hromada |
| Founded | 17th century |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.96 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 136 m (446 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 590 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84572 |
| Area code | +380 5547 |
Kodema (Ukrainian: Кодема; Russian: Кодема) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 61.0 kilometres (37.9 mi) northeast by north from the centre of Donetsk city.
History
Kodema was founded in the 17th century. From the Soviet period, it was the center of a village council that also contained the villages Dacha, Mykolaivka Druha, Mykolaivka Persha, and Odradivka.[2]
The village came under attack by Russian forces in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Kodema had a population of 590 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b Distribution of the population by native language on ukrcensus.gov.ua
- ^ "Кодема, Артемівський район, Донецька область" [Kodema, Artemivsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast]. Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
- ^ Karolina Hird; George Barros; Layne Philipson; Frederick W. Kagan (6 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 6". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
Russian sources claimed that Wagner Group fighters established full control over the entirety of Kodema (13km southeast of Bakhmut) by the end of the day on September 6, and a Russian military correspondent posted footage of soldiers moving freely around streets in Kodema
External links
Media related to Kodema at Wikimedia Commons
