Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk
Докучаєвськ | |
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 Dokuchaievsk City hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Dokuchaievsk  Dokuchaievsk | |
| Coordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Area | 11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Population | 23,733 |
| Climate | Dfa |
Dokuchaievsk (Ukrainian: Докучаєвськ) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is located on the river Sukha Volnovakha and is surrounded by Volnovakha Raion, which it does not belong to. Population: 23,733 (2013 est.)[1]; 24,383 (2001).
Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast.[2][3][4] Since then the city is controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic.[4]
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
Gallery
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Statues near Dokucheievsk zoo -
St Vladimir Church -
Dolomite quarry near Dokuchaievsk
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin Is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b "OSCE: Eastern Ukrainians return home despite landmine danger". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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