Novoazovsk
City
Main square of Novoazovsk
Main square of Novoazovsk
Coat of Arms
Coat of arms
Novoazovsk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk
Location of Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk is located in Ukraine
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk
Novoazovsk (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 47°6′53″N 38°4′48″E / 47.11472°N 38.08000°E / 47.11472; 38.08000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk
Raion (District)Kalmiuske Raion
HromadaNovoazovsk urban hromada
Government
 • MayorOleg Sidorenko
Area
 • Total8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total11,051
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
ClimateDfa
Map

Novoazovsk (Ukrainian: Новоазо́вськ, pronounced [no.wo.ɐˈzɔu̯sʲk]; Russian: Новоазовск, IPA: [nəvə.ɐˈzofsk]) is a border town on the south-eastern tip of Ukraine (near the border with Russia),[1] in Kalmiuske Raion (district), in Donetsk Oblast (province). Population: 11,051 (2022 estimate)[2]; 12,702 (2001).

Novoazovsk and adjacent areas are the only places in Ukraine where the great black-headed gull (Larus ichthyaetus) lives.[3]

History

See also: Battle of Novoazovsk

Beginning in mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[4] including Novoazovsk.[5] In June 2014 Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the separatists.[5] The situation around the town then became relatively quiet.[5] On 25 August 2014, Ukraine claimed that Russian soldiers disguised as separatists had opened a new front in the War in Donbass with an offensive against Mariupol.[6] Ukraine claimed it had blocked this offensive near Novoazovsk.[6] Fighting in the area continued on 26 August 2014.[7] According to a Ukrainian Dnipro Battalion commander, Novoazovsk was overrun by Russian tanks and fell to the Russians on 27 August.[5] This claim was confirmed by Ukrainian authorities the next day. On the other hand, separatist leaders on the same day claimed that the town was taken by separatist forces as part of an offensive against Mariupol.[8]

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Geography

Climate

The climate in Novoazovsk is a hot/warm summer subtype (Köppen: Dfa) of the humid continental climate.

Climate data for Novoazovsk
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 0
(32) 		1
(34) 		6
(43) 		13
(55) 		20
(68) 		25
(77) 		28
(82) 		27
(81) 		21
(70) 		14
(57) 		6
(43) 		1
(34) 		28
(82)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −5
(23) 		−5
(23) 		0
(32) 		6
(43) 		12
(54) 		16
(61) 		18
(64) 		18
(64) 		12
(54) 		7
(45) 		1
(34) 		−4
(25) 		−5
(23)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 41.1
(1.62) 		38.9
(1.53) 		42.1
(1.66) 		49.1
(1.93) 		33.8
(1.33) 		59.2
(2.33) 		40.0
(1.57) 		34.5
(1.36) 		51.6
(2.03) 		35.0
(1.38) 		54.7
(2.15) 		52.3
(2.06) 		532.3
(20.96)
Average precipitation days 15 13 14 12 10 11 8 7 10 10 14 14 138
Source: World Weather Online[9]

References

  1. ^ Ukraine steps up security at Novoazovsk border check point Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (17 March 2014)
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  4. ^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
  5. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Novoazovsk captured by Russian troops - Commander spetsroty, Ukrayinska Pravda (28 August 2014)
  6. ^ a b Ukraine accuses Russia of opening new front before leaders' meeting, Reuters (25 August 2014)
  7. ^ Ukraine crisis: Putin, Poroshenko meet in Minsk amid border violence, CBC News (26 August 2014)
  8. ^ Ukraine Leader Accuses Russia as ‘15,000 Russian Soldiers Join Separatists', Newsweek (28 August 2014)
  9. ^ "Climate: Novoazovsk". World Weather Online. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

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