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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 ...
Ulakly was founded by ethnic Greek migrants from a Crimean village, also called Ulakly (now Hlybokyi Yar ). The village in Donetsk Oblast was named after the original Crimean village, as was common with Greek migrants to the Azov region. [2] In 1892, it had a population of 309 people. [3]
According to the 2001 census, ethnic Ukrainians form 58% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 56.9% of Donetsk Oblast. Ethnic Russians form the largest minority, accounting for 39% and 38.2% of the two oblasts respectively. [99] In the present day, the Donbas is a predominately Russophone region. According to the 2001 census, Russian is the ...
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 ...
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
This bridge in Horlivka (Donetsk region) was destroyed during the shelling in June 2014. Damaged pipelines and infrastructure, as well as debris from destroyed bridges are hampering the flow of water, on which the central heating systems in eastern Ukraine rely. ©UNICEF Ukraine/2015/Alexey Filippov: Date: 5 November 2015, 08:44: Source: Photo ...
Morrisville resident Patricia Sims also swapped her profile photo of her poodle-mix, Teddy, for a black circle on Wednesday, as a post-election protest. She said seeing others doing the same thing ...
Settlement of Steppe Ukraine in the XVI-XVIII centuries // Donetsk: Ukr. Center, 1998. – 124 p. "Petro Lavriv". My land is the land of my parents. Donetsk, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Donetsk: Donetsk Regional Society of the Ukrainian Language named after T. G. Shevchenko, RVP "Swan". 1995. 64 p. Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine