Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk Oblast
Дзержинськ
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"Dzerzhynsk is a town of miners" inscription
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Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk Oblast is located in Ukraine
Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk Oblast
Coordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°E / 48.39167; 37.87333Coordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°E / 48.39167; 37.87333
Country
Oblast
Raion
Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast
Dzerzhynsk Municipality
Founded 1806
City rights 1936
Government
 • Mayor Volodymyr Sliptsov
Area
 • Total 62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation 179 m (587 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 34,750
 • Density 569/km2 (1,470/sq mi)
Postal code 85200—85279
Area code(s) +380-6247
Website http://www.dzerzhinsk-rada.gov.ua/

Dzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Дзержинськ), or Toretsk (Ukrainian: Торецк) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 35,296 (2013 est.)[1]. The city was founded in the 19th century as Shcherbynivka, named after Zaporizhian Cossack Anton Shcherbina, who had settled there.[2] In 1938 the city was renamed in honor of communist Felix Dzerzhynsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka.[2] In 2001, the population was 43,371 people. Following the law on decommunization, the city council has decided on 16 October 2015 to rename the city to Toretsk.[3]

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[4][5] including Dzerzhynsk.[6] On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against the separatists.[7] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[2][8] Dzerzhynsk is only a few kilometers away from the separatists-controlled Horlivka.[2]

Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born in the city in 1929.

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Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[9]

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