{{short description|Urban locality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tsukuryne | native_name = Цукурине | settlement_type = Rural settlement | image_skyline = Станція Цукуриха.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Tsukuryne | coordinates = {{coord|48|05|04|N|37|18|34|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Donetsk Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Pokrovsk Raion | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Tsukuryne (Donetsk Oblast)|url=https://weather.in.ua/en/doneckaja/27734|work=weather.in.ua|accessdate=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804204525/https://weather.in.ua/en/doneckaja/27734|archive-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> | elevation_m = 198 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1745 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 85486 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +380 6237 | website = | footnotes = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}

'''Tsukuryne''' ({{langx|uk|Цукурине}}) is a rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The population is {{Ua-pop-est2022|1745|punct=.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Цукурино сайт поселка 🏠 {{!}} Покровский район {{!}} Донецкая область {{!}} Украина |url=https://mista.ua/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD/%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002112118/https://mista.ua/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD/%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=mista.ua |language=ru}}</ref> The settlement has been under Russian occupation since October 2024.

== Geography == Tsukuryne is situated at the crossroads of routes connecting it to nearly all neighboring towns. It is 8&nbsp;km northwest of the city of Selydove, 3&nbsp;km southeast of the city of Hirnyk, and 2&nbsp;km east of the city of Ukrainsk.<ref name="miners">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title=Цукурино - Шахтёрский край |url=http://girnyk.dn.ua/index/istoriya_cukurino/0-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020033446/http://girnyk.dn.ua/index/istoriya_cukurino/0-21 |archive-date=20 October 2022 |access-date=1 October 2024 |website=girnyk.dn.ua}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Founding and expansion === The village of "''Podzemgaz"'' (Russian: "Подземгаз") was established as a railway settlement near the {{ill|Tsukurikha train station|uk|Цукуриха|v=ib}} that was built in 1916 and opened in 1917 by the Russian Empire's Railway Ministry, as a part of the {{ill|Rudnykovo-Lozivska railway|uk|Рудниково-Лозівська залізниця|v=ib}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Перегляд фото — Залізнична фотогалерея RailGalleryUa |url=https://railgallery.pp.ua/view/129205/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001112941/https://railgallery.pp.ua/view/129205/ |archive-date=1 October 2024 |access-date=1 October 2024 |website=railgallery.pp.ua}}</ref><ref name="book">{{Cite book |last=Zadneprovskaya |first=L.D. |url= |title=ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ АРХИВ ДОНЕЦКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ: ИСТОРИЯ АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОГО ДЕЛЕНИЯ ДОНЕЦКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ 1919 2000 гг.: СБОРНИК ДОКУМЕНТОВ И МАТЕРИАЛОВ |last2=Popova |first2=O.A. |date= |publisher=State Archive of Donetsk Region |year=2001 |isbn=9665562479 |location=Donetsk |publication-date=2001 |pages=115–116, 187 |trans-title=History of the administrative-territorial division of the Donetsk region: 1919-2000.: collection of documents and materials |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> The village station became a key junction for both cargo and passenger traffic, connected to the "Kurakhivska" mines. Initially built to facilitate freight movement, it saw the opening of regular passenger services in 1917.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Официальный указатель железнодорожных и других пассажирских сообщений с мая 1917 года |publisher=Ministry of Railways |year=1917 |isbn= |location=Пг. |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Мартыненко В. |first= |title=В Западном Донбассе // Железнодорожник Донбасса, №№ 98 (6987), 18.08.1977; 99 (6988), 20.08.1977; 100 (6989), 23.08.1977 |publisher= |year= |isbn= |location= |pages= |language=}}</ref>

After the Russian Civil War, In the early Soviet period, the village handled increasing freight traffic, transferring coal and other goods from the nearby mines. In the 1920s, it also supported nearby factories, transporting agricultural machinery.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Хоменко С. |first= |title=О линии Рутченково - Гришино // Вестник Екатерининской железной дороги, № 2. 1925. |publisher= |year= |isbn= |location= |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Баграев |first= |title=Экономическое состояние районов, тяготеющих к станциям линии В.-Анадоль - Рутченково - Гришино // Вестник Екатерининской железной дороги, № 5. 1925. |publisher= |year= |isbn= |location= |pages= |language=}}</ref> By the late 1920s, the village station managed thousands of tons of freight annually. Passenger traffic to Kurakhivka began around 1930, initially using a rigid passenger car attached to a cargo train.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Екатерининская железная дорога. Расписание движения поездов по коммерческому графику с 15 мая 1930 года |publisher=NKPS Ekaterininskaya Railway |year=1930 |isbn= |location=Днепропетровск |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Указатель железнодорожных пассажирских сообщений [на 1965 год] |publisher=Railway Ministry |year=1965 |isbn= |location=М. |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Служебное расписание движения пригородных поездов [по Донецкой железной дороге] со 2 июня 1996 года |publisher=Railway Ministry |year=1996 |isbn= |location=Донецк |pages= |language=}}</ref>

During World War II, the station played a role in supporting the Soviet war effort, ensuring coal and other vital supplies were transported to industrial and military zones. After the war, Tsukurikha continued coal transportation and passenger services. Regular passenger services to Kurakhivka resumed in the mid-1940s as working trains, and by the 1960s, these were converted into suburban trains running between ''Krasnoarmiysk'' (now Pokrovsk) and Kurakhivka, with two daily trips.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":3"/><ref name=":4"/><ref name=":5"/><ref name=":6"/><ref name=":7"/>

In 1956, the Hydraulic Mine No. 105 was established near the train station.<ref name="localmine"/> The village received the status of an urban locality under the name "Tsukuryne" in 1965.<ref name="book" /> In 1970, the local mine was connected to Mine No. 42 "Kurakhivska" along with the enrichment plant. By the 1980s, diesel trains linked Tsukuryne to Donetsk city. Freight traffic remained stable throughout the Soviet era, bolstered by nearby mines. Up to the 1990s, during the peak years of the station, up to 10 commuter trains ran daily.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":3"/><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=С.Е.Брюль |first= |title=Официальный указатель железнодорожных, пароходных и других пассажирских сообщений. Летнее движение 1925 г. |publisher=Railway Ministry|year=1925 |isbn= |location=М. |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref name =":5">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Статистический справочник Сталинского округа |publisher=Stalin District Statistical Bureau |year=1928 |isbn= |location=Сталин |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Официальный указатель железнодорожных, пароходных и других пассажирских сообщений. Зимнее движение 1930-31 г. |publisher=Railway Ministry|year=1930 |isbn= |location=М. |pages= |language=}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=М.Кречетников |first= |title=Официальный указатель железнодорожных, водных и других пассажирских сообщений на 1940 г. |publisher=Railway Ministry|year=1940 |isbn= |location=М. |pages= |language=}}</ref>

=== 21st century and Russo-Ukrainian War === After the Mine No. 105 ceased operations in 1993, the traffic at the station has remained stable, supported by the steady volume of coal and freight passing through the Kurakhiv branch.<ref name="localmine">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 July 2011 |title=Шахты Кураховки. Сведения из архивов / Между терриконами. Кураховский форум |url=http://kura.kievrus.com/viewtopic.php?p=53 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224449/https://kura.kievrus.com/viewtopic.php?p=53 |archive-date=3 December 2017 |accessdate= |website=kura.kievrus.com |publisher= |language=ru}}</ref> The last commuter train through the station to Kurakhivka ran in 2009, being replaced by buses for railway workers. Passenger traffic on the main route between {{ill|Rutchenkove|uk|Рутченкове (селище)|v=ib}}—Krasnoarmiysk ended in 2014.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":2"/><ref name=":3"/>

On 17 July 2020, the settlement became part of the newly established Selydove urban hromada in an expanded Pokrovsk Raion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Донецької області |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/710-2020-%D1%80#Text |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801105225/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/710-2020-%D1%80#Text |archive-date=1 August 2024 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}</ref> Until then, the settlement council community of Tsukuryne ({{ill|Tsukuryne village council|uk|Цукуринська селищна рада|v=ib}}) was part of the {{ill|City Council Community of Selydove|uk|Селидівська міська рада|v=ib}} under the administration of the oblast, located in the southern part of the surrounding Pokrovsk Raion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719180754/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text |archive-date=19 July 2020 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}</ref>

During the Russo-Ukrainian War and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tsukuryne became an embattled frontline settlement in late September 2024, along the nearby cities of Hirnyk, Selydove and Ukrainsk.<ref name="deepstate" /> Russian forces then entered the southern parts in early October,<ref name="deepstate">{{Cite web |title=DeepStateMAP {{!}} Мапа війни в Україні |url=https://deepstatemap.live/#14/48.0850459/37.3103428 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=DeepStateMap |language=uk-UA}}</ref> fully capturing it on 6 October 2024,<ref>{{cite web|title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7, 2024 |last1=Mappes |first1=Grace |last2=Wolkov |first2=Nicole |last3=Barros |first3=George |last4=Evans |first4=Angelica |last5=Kagan |first5=Frederick W. |work=Institute for the Study of War |date=7 October 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-7-2024}}</ref> which the Russian Ministry of Defense formally announced on 28 October.<ref>{{cite web | title=Russian forces liberate Tsukurino community in Donbass region over past day | website=TASS | date=2024-10-28 | url=https://tass.com/politics/1863497 | ref={{sfnref|TASS|2024}} | access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref>

== Economy == The village of Tsukuryne is divided by a railway line into the nearly equal western and eastern part, where the Tsukurikha freight station is located. Although the private sector predominates, there are also two-story brick houses.<ref name="miners" />

Most residents work at "CEP No. 105," the German-Ukrainian joint venture "Minova Ukraine," or coal enterprises in nearby towns, including mines like "Ukraine" (Ukrainsk), "Kurakhovskaya" (Selidovugol), the Kurakhivka central processing plant, "Pokrovskoye" mine, "Yuzhnodonbasskaya" mine (Vuhledar), and others.<ref name="miners" />

Minova Ukraine LLC, based on the German Minova CarboTech GmbH, is part of the global leader Minova International LTD (UK), specializing in innovative mining technologies for safer and more efficient work.<ref name="miners"/>

==Demographics== Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:<ref>[http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731182036/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/Mult/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp |date=31 July 2014 }}</ref> * Ukrainian 33.58% * Russian 65.63% * Belarusian 0.21% * Moldovan (Romanian) and German 0.04%

== Culture == The village has a secondary school and a kindergarten as part of its social infrastructure.<ref name="miners"/>

Sights of the city include the Tsukurikha train station, a House of Culture and the monument to the fallen soldiers.<ref name="miners"/>

== Gallery == <gallery heights="170" mode="packed"> File:Tsukuriha train station.jpg|Tsukurikha train station File:Tsukuryne House of Culture.jpg|House of Culture in Tsukuryne File:Monument to fallen soldiers (Tsukuryne).jpg|Monument to fallen soldiers </gallery>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Donetsk Oblast}} {{authority control}}

{{Pokrovsk Raion}}

Category:Rural settlements in Pokrovsk Raion Category:Selydove urban hromada