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Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Buhas Бугас
Village
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Coordinates: 47°38′04″N 37°33′41″E / 47.63444°N 37.56139°E / 47.63444; 37.56139
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionVolnovakha Raion
HromadaVolnovakha settlement hromada
Population
 • Total1,196

Buhas (Ukrainian: Буга́с) is a village in southeastern Ukraine, located in Volnovakha urban hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It was known as Maksymivka (Ukrainian: Максимівка) during the times of the Soviet Union.

History

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On 13 January 2015, during the War in Donbas, there was an artillery strike against a civilian bus near Buhas. According to early reports, 10 passengers died and 13 were injured.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1449, of whom 5.59% natively spoke Ukrainian, 70.39% spoke Russian, 22.29% spoke Greek, 0.14% spoke Belarusian and 0.07% spoke Armenian. Buhas is a multi-ethnic town, with the majority of the population being Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, with smaller Armenian and Belarusian communities, yet a significant part of the population stated at the time of the census to be from 'another' ethnicity and to speak 'another' native language.

Native languages in Buhas
percent
Russian   70.39%
Greek   22.29%
Ukrainian   5.59%
Belarusian   0.14%
Armenian   0.07%
others   1.52%

Notable people

References

  1. "Під Волновахою снаряд бойовиків влучив у рейсовий автобус. Загинуло 10 людей (ФОТО, ВІДЕО 18+), 13 січня 2015, espreso.tv". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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