Dokuchaievsk

Dokuchaievsk Докучаєвськ
City
Dokuchaievsk City hall
Flag Coat of arms
Dokuchaievsk
Coordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°ECoordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Founded	1912
Area	11.9 km^2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population	23,733
Climate	Dfa

Dokuchaievsk (Ukrainian: Докучаєвськ) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is located on the river Sukha Volnovakha and is surrounded by Volnovakha Raion, which it does not belong to. Population: 23,733 (2013 est.)^[1]; 24,383 (2001).

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast.^[2][3][4] Since then the city is controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic.^[4]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[5]

• Russian 72.1%
• Ukrainian 27.3%

Gallery

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  Statues near Dokucheievsk zoo
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  St Vladimir Church
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  Dolomite quarry near Dokuchaievsk

See also

• March 2016 Dokuchaievsk armed skirmish

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin Is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
3. "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
4. "OSCE: Eastern Ukrainians return home despite landmine danger". Retrieved 12 August 2016.
5. "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Retrieved 12 August 2016.