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Khrestivka

Khrestivka (Ukrainian: Хрестівка; Russian: Крестовка, romanizedKrestovka) or Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське; Russian: Кировское, romanizedKirovskoye) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately 27,370 (2022 estimate).

Since 2014, Khrestivka has been occupied by Russia and its proxy forces.

Until 1941, there was a German settlement at the site of the modern city named Mannheim. The legal name of the settlement in Imperial Russian and later Soviet records was Davydo-Orlivka (Ukrainian: Давидо-Орлівка), but it was also colloquially known as "Khrestivka" (roughly meaning "Cross-town") due to a cross-shaped road sign near the village. During World War II, in which Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the German population was deported to Siberia.

The modern settlement was officially founded at the same site in 1954 as Nova Khrestivka (Ukrainian: Нова Хрестівка), in connection with the coal mines that were dug at the same time. In 1958, it was given city status and renamed to Kirovske.

In 1987, Kirovske was designated as a city of regional significance - a city that did not belong to any raion and was directly subordinate to Donetsk Oblast.

On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

On 12 May 2016, the Ukrainian parliament renamed the city Kirovske back to Khrestivka in accordance with decommunization laws.

On 3 July 2019, two boys in Khrestivka were injured after playing with a hand grenade.

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