Mykolaivka (; ) is a village in Olhynka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at south-southwest (SSW) from the centre of Donetsk city. The village was captured by Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian war on 25 February 2022.https://history-maps.com/warmap/russian-invasion-of-ukraine/event/battle-of-volnovakha
Demographics The settlement had 1,500 inhabitants in 2001. Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: Ukrainian: 85.19% Russian: 14.68% Armenian and Moldovan (Romanian): 0.07%
Notable people Ivan Dziuba (1931-2022), Ukrainian activist and Soviet dissident
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