Shakhtarsk (, ) or Shakhtyorsk (russian: Шахтёрск) is a city in

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

, Ukraine. Regionally, the city is an administrative urban enclave also consisting of cities

Torez Chystiakove ( uk, Чистякове, ), formerly Torez ( uk, Торез), is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. The city is a center of the regional coal industry and much of its economy relies on mining industr ...

and

Snizhne Snizhne or Snezhnoye ( uk, Сніжне́, ; russian: Снежное; until 1864 — Vasylivka — uk, Василівка) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border ...

and surrounded by

Shakhtarsk Raion Shakhtarsk Raion ( uk, Шахтарський район) was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the city of Shakhtarsk, which was incorporated separately as a city of oblas ...

. It serves as the administrative center of Shakhtarsk Raion which it does not belong to. Its population has been estimated as .

History

Urban-type settlement since 1938. A local newspaper is published here since May 1946. In August 1953 the urban-type settlement Katyk became a city Shakhtyorsk.Шахтёрск // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 29. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1978.Шахтёрск // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1512Шахтёрск // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.652 In 1964, a trade college was opened here. In 1985, the population of the city was 72 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining. In 1989, the population of the city was 73 854 people, the basis of the economy were coal mining, manufacture of clothes and knitwear. Since Soviet times until 1997, there were four vocational schools (№ 70, № 71, № 97 and № 98) and one college (a college of commerce and trade); in May 1997, the vocational school № 71 was closed. In 2000, a textile factory went bankrupt. After the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, the mechanical-repair plant became bankrupt and was closed. In 2013, the population was 51 007 people. Starting mid-April 2014, the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

occupied towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Shakhtarsk. On 27 July 2014, Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian local militia claimed Ukrainian troops had entered Shakhtarsk. On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city.

Demographics

According to the

2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

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Gallery

File:Братська могила радянських воїнів Південного фронту 1.JPG, Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Shakhtarsk File:Shakhtersk.jpg, Shakhtarsk yard

References

{{Authority control Cities in Donetsk Oblast Don Host Oblast Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Shakhtarsk Horlivka Raion