Zolote

{{short description|City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Zolote | native_name = Золоте | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = City | image_flag = Zolote prapor.png | flag_alt = | image_skyline = 44-238-0025 Миколаївська церква (мур.), Золоте, вул. Базарна, 17.jpg | image_caption = Saint Nicholas church in Zolote | image_shield = Zolote gerb.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | established_title = | established_date = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 24.91 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_note = | population_total = 13007 | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | pushpin_map = Ukraine#Ukraine Luhansk Oblast | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Zolote within Ukraine | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|48|41|34|N|38|31|10|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 93294 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +380 6455 | elevation_m = | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = Dfb | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Luhansk Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Sievierodonetsk Raion | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Hirske urban hromada }} '''Zolote''' ({{langx|uk|Золоте}}; {{langx|ru|Золотое|lit=Golden}}) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|13,007|.}} The town consists of villages that were merged to create Zolote.<ref name="10171847-head-of-zolote"/> Currently these villages are numbered in a sequence from Zolote 1 to Zolote 5.<ref name="10171847-head-of-zolote"/><ref name="tribun.com.ua/38314"/> Before the creation of Zolote they were named Karbonit, Rodina, Stakhanovets, Maryvka and Partyzansky.<ref name="tribun.com.ua/38314"/>

During the war in Donbas the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of Zolote to the self proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).<ref name="10171847-head-of-zolote"/><ref name="tribun.com.ua/38314">{{Cite web|url=http://tribun.com.ua/38314|title=Без крыши над головой: как помогают, оставшимся без дома жителям Луганщины|website=tribun.com.ua|language=ru-RU|access-date=2017-08-05}}</ref> Zolote-5 (formally named Maryvka) became under full control of the LPR.<ref name="tribun.com.ua/38314"/> Zolote-4 (Patrizansky) and Zolote-3 (Stakhanovets) became situated in the "gray zone" between the warring parties.<ref name="tribun.com.ua/38314"/> On 30 June 2018 the Ukrainian army took full control of {{anchor|Zolote_4}}Zolote-4,<ref>[https://www.unian.info/m/war/10171571-russian-led-forces-suffer-huge-losses-within-week-jfo.html Russian-led forces suffer huge losses within week – JFO], UNIAN (2 July 2018)</ref><ref name="10171847-head-of-zolote">[https://www.unian.info/m/war/10171847-head-of-zolote-in-donbas-gray-zone-shrinks-with-liberated-village.html Head of Zolote in Donbas: Gray zone shrinks with liberated village], UNIAN (2 July 2018)</ref><ref name="tribun.com.ua/38314"/> although Ukrainian activists stated that the village takeover was staged, as according to them Ukrainian soldiers had been in the zone since 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=#MinskMonitor: Questions Over Ukrainian Liberation of Village|url=https://medium.com/dfrlab/minskmonitor-questions-over-ukrainian-liberation-of-village-457e5f668b72|publisher=Medium|author=Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab|date=20 July 2018|access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref>

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. Among other changes, Zolote was transferred from Pervomaisk Municipality to Popasna Raion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Луганської області, зміну і встановлення меж Перевальського і Попаснянського районів Луганської області |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/1693-18 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}</ref>

Zolote came under the ''de facto'' control of the Luhansk People's Republic on 23 June 2022. It was claimed that around 2,000 Ukrainian troops were surrounded in the town before its capture during the battle of Donbas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2022 |title=Ukraine loses key district south lysychansk russian forces official 2022-06-24 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-loses-key-district-south-lysychansk-russian-forces-official-2022-06-24/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=Reuters}}</ref>

== Demographics == Ethnic composition and native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 (this list contains Luhansk People's Republic controlled areas as well):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/ |title=Home |website=ukrcensus.gov.ua}}</ref> {{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Zolote|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|68.58}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|23.87}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|1.20}} {{bar percent|Tatars|gray|0.60}} {{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.14}} {{bar percent|Poles|lightgreen|0.12}}}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities|title=Національний склад міст}}</ref>

{{bar box|title=Native Languages in Zolote|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Languages|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Russian|purple|50.34}} {{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|43.93}} {{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.35}}}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Cities in Luhansk Oblast Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine Category:Populated places established in the Russian Empire