Dokuchaievsk Докучаєвськ | |
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 Dokuchaievsk City hall | |
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| Coordinates:47°45′07″N37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E /47.75194; 37.67833 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalmiuske Raion |
| Hromada | Dokuchaievsk urban hromada |
| Founded | 1912 |
Area | 11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Population (2022) | 22,835 |
| Climate | Dfa |
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Dokuchaievsk (Ukrainian:Докучаєвськ,pronounced[dokʊˈt͡ʃɑjeu̯sʲk]) orDokuchayevsk (Russian:Докучаевск) is a city inKalmiuske Raion,Donetsk Oblast, easternUkraine. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Olenivka railway station and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south ofDonetsk. It serves as the administrative center ofDokuchaievsk urban hromada. The city is on the riverSukha Volnovakha [uk]. Its population is approximately22,835 (2022 estimate).[1]
Previously it was administratively subordinated to theVolnovakha Raion Council. Named in honor ofVasyl Dokuchaev, a natural scientist, founder of scientific genetic soil science and zonal agronomy.
It was founded in 1912. It was originally founded as anurban-type settlement calledOlenivski Kariery (Ukrainian:Оленівські Кар'єри). It has been a town since 1954. It was founded in connection with the development of flux limestone anddolomite mining for Petrovsky andYenakiieve Steel.
In 1939 the town was home to 9.2 thousand people, in 1959 – 16.8 thousand people, in 2011 – 23.726 thousand people.
Starting in mid-April 2014Russian-backed separatistscaptured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast.[2][3][4] Since then the city has been under the control bythe Donetsk People's Republic.[4] On 13 January 2015, militants of the DPR's "Oplot" brigade from Dokuchaievsk shelled a checkpoint near Volnovakha, killing 11 civilians in a bus and injuring 17 others.
As of theUkrainian Census of 2001 the population of the city amounted to 24,142 people, of whom 27.32% indicated Ukrainian as their native language, 72.13% – Russian, 0.14% – Armenian and Greek, 0.04% – Belarusian, 0.03% – Moldovan, as well as Bulgarian and Gagauz languages:[5]
| number | percentage, % | |
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| Ukrainians | 16,665 | 66.6 |
| Russians | 7,053 | 28.2 |
| Greeks | 533 | 2.1 |
| Moldovans | 240 | 1.0 |
| Belarusians | 128 | 0.5 |
Europe's largest flux and dolomite plant (including 5 quarries, 3 crushing and processing plants), construction materials production (reinforced concrete products plant), and motor transportation companies. Former Kalinin collective farm, Dokuchaievskyi state farm.
There are six schools, a palace of culture, a zoo, a stadium, eight libraries, and a hospital.[citation needed]
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