Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk Oblast

For the city of the same name in Belarus, see Dzyarzhynsk. For the city of the same name in Russia, see Dzerzhinsk, Russia.

Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk Oblast
Дзержинськ

"Dzerzhynsk is a town of miners" inscription

Flag

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°ECoordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°E

Country
Oblast
Raion

Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast
Dzerzhynsk Municipality

Founded

1806

City rights

1936

Government

• Mayor

Volodymyr Sliptsov

Area

• Total

62 km² (24 sq mi)

Elevation

179 m (587 ft)

Population (2014)

• Total

34,750

• Density

569/km² (1,470/sq mi)

Postal code

85200—85279

Area code(s)

+380-6247

Website

http://www.dzerzhinsk-rada.gov.ua/

Dzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Дзержинськ) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 35,296 (2013 est.)^[1]. In 2001, the population was 43,371. Its former name was Shcherbynivka before 1938.

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;^[2]^[3] including Dzerzhynsk.^[4] On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against the separatists.^[5] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.^[6]

Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born in the city in 1929.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[7]

Russian 87.1%
Ukrainian 12.2%
Romani 0.2%
Belarusian 0.1%
Armenian 0.1%

Gallery

Dzerzhynsk entrance stele
Dzerzhynsk Avanhard Stadium
An apartment block in Dzerzhynsk
City hall
Ukraine Palace of Culture
Ukraine Palace of Culture interior
Buildings in downtown
Dzerzhynsk phenol factory club
Phenol factory building
Dzerzhynsk railway station
Crying mother monument

References

Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

Administrative center: Donetsk

Raions

Cities

Regional	Avdiivka Artemivsk Debaltseve Dobropillia Dokuchaievsk Donetsk Druzhkivka Dymytrov Dzerzhynsk Horlivka Khartsyzk Kirovske Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Krasnoarmiisk Krasnyi Lyman Makiivka Mariupol Novohrodivka Selydove Shakhtarsk Sloviansk Snizhne Torez Vuhledar Yasynuvata Yenakiieve Zhdanivka

District	Amvrosiivka Artemove Bilozerske Bilytske Chasiv Yar Hirnyk Ilovaisk Komsomolske Krasnohorivka Kurakhove Marinka Mospyne Mykolaivka Novoazovsk Rodynske Siversk Soledar Sviatohirsk Svitlodarsk Ukrainsk Volnovakha Vuhlehirsk Yunokomunarivsk Zuhres

Urban-type settlements
Category:Donetsk Oblast

Ukrainian crisis

General topics

Main events

Donbass battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) 1st Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (17 January – 18 February 2015) Mariupol standoff (24 January 2015 – present)

Other events	Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014) Odessa clashes (January–December 2014) 2 May clashes and fire Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014) Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014) 40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014) Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014) Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014) reactions UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014) NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014) Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014) Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014) Donbass general elections (2 November 2014) 2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014) Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015) Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015) Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015)

Proclaimed states

Republic of Crimea (17–18 March 2014)
Donetsk People's Republic (since 7 April 2014)
Luhansk People's Republic (since 27 April 2014)
Novorossiya (since 24 May 2014)

Background

Pre-1917 Novorossiya
1918 Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
1918 Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
2004 Southeastern Ukrainian Autonomous Republic
2012 law on languages
2014 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement

Main places

(Pro-)Russian

Organizations	Russian Armed Forces United Armed Forces of Novorossiya List of equipment Army of the South-East Russian Orthodox Army Vostok Battalion Donetsk Republic (political party) New Russia Party Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Peace for Luhansk Region Borotba Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Ukrainian Choice Russophone Ukraine The Other Russia Eurasian Youth Union

Lead figures	Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov Sergei Shoigu Vladimir Antyufeyev Igor Besler Valery Bolotov Alexander Borodai Mikhail Chumachenko Aleksandr Dugin Igor Girkin Pavel Gubarev Ekaterina Gubareva Igor Kakidzyanov Alexander Khodakovsky Arsen Klinchaev Vladimir Kononov Aleksey Mozgovoy Igor Plotnitsky Vyacheslav Ponomarev Denis Pushilin Oleg Tsaryov Alexander Zakharchenko

Ukrainian

Organizations	Yatsenyuk Government Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard of Ukraine Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Right Sector Territorial defense battalions Aidar Battalion Azov Battalion Dnipro Battalion Donbas Battalion Kharkiv Battalion Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion

Lead figures	Petro Poroshenko Oleksandr Turchynov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Andriy Parubiy Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Valeriy Heletey Mykhailo Koval Mykhailo Kutsyn Oleh Makhnitskyi Viktor Muzhenko Vitaly Yarema Oleh Lyashko Dmytro Yarosh Ihor Kolomoyskyi Serhiy Taruta Ihor Baluta Semen Semenchenko Nadiya Savchenko