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°E / 47.75194; 37.67833Coordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E / 47.75194; 37.67833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Founded	1912
Area	11.9 km2 (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

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[5]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 66.6%
• Russians: 28.2%
• Greeks: 2.1%
• Moldovans: 1.0%
• Belarusians: 0.5%

Language

• 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

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