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Donetsk (UK: / d ɒ n ˈ j ɛ t s k / don-YETSK, [1] US: / d ə n-/ dən-; [2] [3] Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Донецк [dɐˈnʲetsk] ⓘ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of ...
Consequently, Cuba is also the oldest country in the Americas in terms of median age, [6] due to a high amount of emigration by younger Cubans to the U.S. [7] In the last few years before the end of the wet feet, dry feet policy on January 12, 2017, the number of Cubans moving to the United States significantly outnumbered the natural increase ...
The Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples Republics are located in the historical Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine. Since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Eastern and Western Ukraine typically have voted for different candidates in presidential elections. Viktor Yanukovych, a Donetsk native, was elected as President of Ukraine in 2010
Young family in Donetsk. In 2013, the population of Donetsk Oblast was 4.43 million, which constituted 10% of the overall Ukrainian population, making it the most populous and most densely populated region of the country, except for the cities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol). Its large population is due to the presence of several big ...
The Donetsk Clan (Ukrainian: Донецький клан, romanized: Donetskyi klan; Russian: Донецкий клан, romanized: Donetsky klan), also called the Donetsk Mafia, [2] the Donetsk Family, [3] or simply "The Family", [3] was a group of Ukrainian oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian mafia active between the late Soviet period and the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, when the clan ...
Mospyne is one of a few cities in the Donetsk Oblast, in which ethnic Russians make up the largest ethnic group, accounting for 51% of the population, which is also the second-highest percentage recorded (after Bunhe) in any major settlement in the region. Ethnic Ukrainians are the second-largest ethnic group, other notable minorities are ...
Ukraine and Russia have been fighting in the streets of Chasiv Yar, a city in the Donetsk region, since July, when Kyiv’s troops withdrew from the eastern Kanal neighbourhood, establishing the ...
Selydove — Informational and cognitive portal. Donetsk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian SSR Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (Based on the materials of the encyclopedic publication on the history of cities and villages of Ukraine, volume – History of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR. Donetsk region. — K.: