Bakhmut
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Bakhmut is a city in eastern Ukraine, historically an important industrial and transport hub and more recently a focal point of intense fighting in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bakhmut canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Bakhmut Raion ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | city of district significance (pre-2020 reform) ⓘ |
| battleIntensity | site of prolonged urban warfare 2022–2023 ⓘ |
| controlContestedBy |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
Ukraine ⓘ Wagner Group (Russian private military company) ⓘ
surface form:
Wagner Group
|
| coordinateLatitude | 48.593 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 38.000 ⓘ |
| country | Ukraine ⓘ |
| dateOfRenaming | 2016 ⓘ |
| economySector |
construction materials
ⓘ
food processing ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ |
| formerName |
Artemivsk
ⓘ
Artyomovsk ⓘ |
| founded | 16th century ⓘ |
| governorateHistory | part of Yekaterinoslav Governorate in Russian Empire ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSite | local history museum (largely damaged in war) ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Sloboda Ukraine ⓘ |
| includedIn | Ukrainian administrative reform of 2020 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
industrial enterprises
ⓘ
salt production ⓘ sparkling wine production nearby ⓘ |
| languageMajorityPreWar | Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking population ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Donetsk Oblast
ⓘ
eastern Ukraine ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bakhmutka River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Donbas
ⓘ
surface form:
Donbas region
|
| partOfBattle | Battle of Bakhmut ⓘ |
| partOfConflict |
Russo-Ukrainian War
ⓘ
Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
surface form:
War in Donbas
|
| population | approximately 70,000 (pre-2022) ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
connected to Kramatorsk
ⓘ
connected to Luhansk direction ⓘ |
| river | Bakhmutka River ⓘ |
| roadConnection | M03 highway corridor ⓘ |
| sovietPeriodName | Artemivsk (1924–2016) ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
access point to Sloviansk–Kramatorsk agglomeration
ⓘ
logistics node for Donbas front ⓘ |
| suffered | extensive destruction during 2022–2023 fighting ⓘ |
| timezoneDSTPreWar | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
| timezonePreWar | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| transportRole |
railway junction
ⓘ
road transport hub ⓘ |
| warDamage |
infrastructure devastation
ⓘ
large-scale residential destruction ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.