Torez
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| Torez Торез |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Founded | 1770s |
| Area | |
| - Total | 55.8 km² (21.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 72,300 |
| Website: http://www.torez.info/ | |
Torez (Ukrainian: Торез; before 1964: Chestyakove) is a city of oblast subordinance in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population - 72,346 (2001). Most residents living here are working in the mine industry, although now declining. In 1978 there were 97,000 residents in the city.
The city was named after french communist party leader Maurice Thorez.
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