Kramatorsk

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Kramatorsk
Краматорськ

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Coordinates: 48°43′N 37°32′E / 48.717°N 37.533°E / 48.717; 37.533Coordinates: 48°43′N 37°32′E / 48.717°N 37.533°E / 48.717; 37.533
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Founded 1868
City status since 1932
Area
 • City 117.1 km2 (45.2 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • City 173,700
 • Density 583/km2 (1,510/sq mi)
 • Metro 203,100
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 84300-84390
Area code(s) +380 626(4)
Website http://www.krm.gov.ua/

Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Краматорськ, Kramators'k) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. According to latest estimates, the city's population was about 200,000 people.

The city is an important mechanical engineering centre in Ukraine. At various periods, Kramatorsk was a place of residence for a number of notable people including Leonid Bykov, Joseph Kobzon and the youngest person to ever become FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.

Demographics

Kramatorsk currently has a population of over 173,700 inhabitants (2008) and has a metropolitan area of over 203,100 inhabitants (2004).

The Russian language is dominant in Kramatorsk: 63.4% of citizens speak Russian, while 36.0% speak Ukrainian.

According to the 2001 population census, the ethnic composition of Kramatorsk is:

  1. Ukrainians: 70.2%
  2. Russians: 26.9%
  3. Belarusians: 0.7%
  4. Armenians: 0.6%
  5. Azerbaijanis: 0.2%
  6. Jews: 0.1%

History

The city grew from a settlement by a small railway station in 1868 into a major urban settlement in the north of Donetsk Oblast with several heavy machine production facilities.

Economy

In the 2000s, a wind turbine production facility was constructed in Kramatorsk. This is a joint venture between German Fuhrländer AG and its Ukrainian partners. According to their site, Fuhrländer became the first company in the renewable energy sector to obtain a building permit from the Ukrainian government.[1]

Kramatorsk hasn't stayed away from the international outsourcing trend prompted by the emergence of the information society in Ukraine in the Post-Soviet years. An IT company QuartSoft Corp. was founded in Kramatorsk in 1999. Now it has offices in the United States and Austria.

Civil society

References

  1. ↑ "Fuhrländer opens joint venture park in Ukraine". Retrieved 2012-09-28. 

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