Zuhres or Zugres (, ; ) is a city in Khartsyzk municipality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The city has a population of

It is currently occupied by Russian armed forces and forces of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic.

Zuhres

History

The history of the city starts with the decision to build near a settlement Zuyivka a thermal power plant as part of the Soviet GOELRO plan in 1929. The name for the new settlement around the plant was given after the plant as "ZuHRES", Zuyivka Government Raion Electrical Station. The first power plant was built in 1932 and later there was built another plant in 1980s.

Zuhres

During WWII, the Germans occupied the town and murdered local Jews as well as communists in mass executions in a ravine outside the city.

Zuhres

Since 2014, Zuhres has been administered as a part of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic.

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References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast

Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Cities of district significance in Ukraine

Khartsyzk urban hromada