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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 ...
Donetsk, capital and most populous city in Donetsk Oblast [2] [32] Mariupol, second most populous city and deepest port on the Sea of Azov [2] [33] Makiivka, an industrial city in the Donetsk-Makiivka urban agglomeration [2] [34] Kramatorsk, the oblast's de facto capital since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War [2] [35] Bakhmut, a major industrial city largely destroyed during the Battle of ...
The population of all Ukrainian oblasts and other regions was recorded in 2012. [1] Note that since the war in Donbas started in the spring of 2014, 1,5 million people from Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast have either fled to Russia or to other parts of Ukraine.
The Khartsyzsk settlement, which belonged to Major General Ivan Ilovaysky, was founded on the site of the modern city in 1786. Its name comes from the word "khartsyzy" ("robbers, plunderers"), which was the name used by Turks and Tatars in the sixteenth century for fugitive peasants and Zaporizhzhia Cossacks who settled near the southern ...
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 ...
It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is in the city of Donetsk. [3] [4] Population: 1,484,514 (2022 estimate). [2] Most of the area of the raion is occupied by Russia, [5] which continues to use the old, pre-2020 administrative divisions of Ukraine.
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