Dokuchaievsk
Докучаєвськ
Докучаевск
City
Dokuchaievsk City hall
Dokuchaievsk City hall
Flag of Dokuchaievsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Dokuchaievsk
Coat of arms
Dokuchaievsk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk is located in Ukraine
Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk
Coordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E / 47.75194; 37.67833
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionKalmiuske Raion
HromadaDokuchaievsk urban hromada
Founded1912
Area
11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 (2022)
22,835
ClimateDfa

Dokuchaievsk or Dokuchaevsk (Ukrainian: Докуча́євськ, pronounced [dokʊˈt͡ʃɑjeu̯sʲk]; Russian: Докучаевск) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The city is located on the river Sukha Volnovakha in Kalmiuske Raion. Its population is approximately 22,835 (2022 estimate).[1]

History

Starting in mid-April 2014 Russian-backed separatists captured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast.[2][3][4] Since then the city has been under the control by the Donetsk People's Republic.[4] On January 13, 2015, militants of the DPR's "Oplot" brigade from Dokuchayevsk shelled a checkpoint near Volnovakha, killing 11 civilians in a bus and injuring 17 others.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 66.6%
  • Russians: 28.2%
  • Greeks: 2.1%
  • Moldovans: 1.0%
  • Belarusians: 0.5%
Language

References

  1. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin Is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "OSCE: Eastern Ukrainians return home despite landmine danger". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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