Kodema

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Kodema Кодема
Village

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48°28′28″N 38°05′27″E / 48.474444°N 38.090833°E / 48.474444; 38.090833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Hromada	Svitlodarsk
Founded	17th century
Area
• Total	2.96 km² (1.14 sq mi)
Elevation	136 m (446 ft)
Population (2001 census)^[1]
• Total	590
• Density	200/km² (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	84572
Area code	+380 5547

Kodema (Ukrainian: Кодема; Russian: Кодема) is a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 61.0 kilometres (37.9 mi) northeast by north from the centre of Donetsk city.

History

Kodema was founded in the 17th century. From the Soviet period, it was the center of a village council that also contained the villages Dacha [uk], Mykolaivka Druha [uk], Mykolaivka Persha [uk], and Odradivka [uk].^[2]

The village came under attack by Russian forces in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Kodema had a population of 590 people.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Distribution of the population by native language on ukrcensus.gov.ua
^ "Кодема, Артемівський район, Донецька область" [Kodema, Artemivsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast]. Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
^ Karolina Hird; George Barros; Layne Philipson; Frederick W. Kagan (6 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 6". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 8 September 2022. Russian sources claimed that Wagner Group fighters established full control over the entirety of Kodema (13km southeast of Bakhmut) by the end of the day on September 6, and a Russian military correspondent posted footage of soldiers moving freely around streets in Kodema