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Donetsk had a population of over 985,000 inhabitants in 2009 [51] and over 1,566,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2004. It was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. [5] The structure of the Donetsk City Municipality by ethnicity as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: [52]
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 ...
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 ...
Mariupol [a] is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.It is situated on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River.Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the country and the second-largest city in Donetsk Oblast, with an estimated population of 425,681 people in January 2022; [5] as of August 2023, Ukrainian authorities estimate the ...
The Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine defines the "small Donbas" as the northern part of Donetsk and the southern part of Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and the attached part of Rostov region of Russia. [14] The historical coal mining region excluded parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, and included areas in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Southern ...
The city is known by locals as "The Gates of Donbas", and is a regional export hub for goods like coal, salt, and sand. [ 25 ] Lyman is a key railway hub, [ 21 ] carrying up to 30% of cargo on the Donetsk railway system. 35% of residents are employed in rail transport, and 18% in industry.
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As part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian forces fired rockets towards Avdiivka, most notably the coke plant in the city. [23] Much of the civilian population fled due to the battle. [24] On 24 October 2023, BBC News reported that "just over 1,000" people, or 3% of the city's pre-war population, were still living in Avdiivka. [5]