Stepnohirsk

From Ukrainian Степногі́рськ (Stepnohírsʹk). Compare Stepnogorsk.

• enPR: stĕpnōhîrskʹ, IPA^(key): /stɛpnəʊˈhɪɚsk/

Stepnohirsk

1. A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Stepnohirsk settlement hromada, Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1921.

   Synonym: (original name [1921–1987]) Sukhoivanivka

   • 1996 January 31, United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service, “Kuchma: 1996 ‘Turning Point’ in Ukraine Economy” (AU3101100396), in Daily Report: Central Eurasia, translation of Демократи́чна Украї́на [Demokratýčna Ukrajína], 27th January 1996, page 1 (in Ukrainian), page 57/1:

     From the Zaporizhzhya Airport, Leonid Kuchma went to the urban settlement Stepnohirsk. There, the president met with the leadership of Vasylivskyy Rayon and also of the Tavriya Mining-Concentration Combine, whose fate has already been sealed — the enterprise will be closed down. As a result, more than 7,000 residents of the settlement that depended fully on the mining-concentration combine have found themselves in a difficult situation.

   • 2024 February 4, Sergey Panashchuk, Jannik Läkamp, Rebecca Jayne Husselbee, “On frontline in Ukrainian town making ‘final stand’ against Putin where bodies lie everywhere & shelling never stops”, in The Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2024:

     Stepnohirsk grew into a town from the village of Sukhoivanivka in the 1980s after vast deposits of manganese ore nearby were discovered.

   • 2025 August 27, Torsten Heinrich, “Russia starts FUEL RATIONING! Ukraine SITREP”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 8:55–9:13:

     We have a geolocation of Russians in the south of Stepnohirsk. This is here, at these positions. Let’s quickly recheck again. So this is that lake here, and we have them directly to the west of it, at the tip. So, a Russian position, recently, at this point, at the outskirts of Stepnohirsk.

   1. A former selrada of Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1987, merged into Stepnohirsk settlement hromada in June 2020.
   2. A settlement hromada of Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.

• Stepnohirsk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stepnohirsk settlement hromada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia