Mykhailivka, Novohrodivka urban hromada, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast

The village was founded in 1885 by German Mennonite settlers from Molochansk as Kotlyarivka, 35 kilometers northwest of Donetsk. In 1911, the population was 237; in 1919, 200; in 1926, 431, of which 392 were Germans. The village was captured by Russia during the Pokrovsk offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine around 1 September 2024 and later confirmed by the Russian defense ministry on 13 October 2024. ==Demographics==

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of the village was 1,269, of which 74.39% stated Ukrainian to be their native language, 25.45% stated their native language to be Russian, and 0.08% to be German. ==References==