Bakhmut

Ukraine / Donetska / Artyomovsk /
 city, district center
Administrative center of the Bakhmut Raion (district) and Bakhmut City Hromada (community) in the Donetsk Oblast (region) of Ukraine.
A city is located on the Bakhmutka river about 89 km away from the administrative center of the Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk.
Population: 80,510 осіб (2021).

The town had been founded in 1571, named as Bakhmut fort after the river Bakhmutka (a tributary of the [Siverskyi] Donets), on which it is located.
Bakhmut received a city status in 1783.

In 1924-2016, the town had the name Artemivsk – in honor to a Russian revolutionary figure Artem (Artiom).

In 2016, Bakhmut got back its historic name by a decision of Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhmut
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Coordinates:   48°36'9"N   38°0'19"E
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