Toretsk
City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Toretsk
Торецьк
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Church of St. Macarius in Toretsk
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Coordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°E / 48.39167; 37.87333 | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
Founded | 1806 [1] |
City rights | 1938 [1] [2] |
Government
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• Mayor | Volodymyr Sliptsov [3] |
Area
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• Total | 62 km 2 (24 sq mi) |
Elevation
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179 m (587 ft) |
Population
(2022)
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• Total | 30,914 |
• Density | 500/km 2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Postal code |
85200—85279
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Area code | +380-6247 |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | http://toretsk-rada.gov.ua/ |
Toretsk ( Ukrainian : Торе́цьк , IPA: [toˈrɛt͡sʲk] ; Russian : Торецк ), formerly Dzerzhynsk ( Ukrainian: Дзержинськ ; Russian: Дзержинск , romanized: Dzerzhinsk ), is a city in Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine . As of January 2022, its population was approximately 30,914. [4]
History
The settlement Shcherbynovka was founded in 1806 [1] in Russian Empire .
A local newspaper is published here since September 1936. [5]
In October 1938 the urban-type settlement Shcherbynovka became a city Dzerzhynsk, in honor of Felix Dzerzhynsky , founder of the Soviet secret police , and architect of the Red Terror [6] and de-Cossackization of the region.
In 1989, the population was 50,538 people. [2]
In 2013, the population was 35 296 people. [7]
Starting mid-April 2014 Russian-backed paramilitaries captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast ; [8] [9] including the former Dzerzhynsk. [10] On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against these militias. [11] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from Russian forces. [12] [13] [14] Toretsk is only a few kilometers away from the occupied city of Horlivka . [12]
Following the 2015 law on decommunization , the city council has decided on 16 October 2015 to rename the city to Toretsk. [15] The name was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016. [16]
Because of the War in Donbass the city has had its water supply cut multiple times. [17]
Nikolai Ryzhkov , a former Premier of the Soviet Union , was born in the city in 1929.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 , the majority of residents identified as ethnic Ukrainians and spoke Russian as their first language: [18]
Ethnicity
- Ukrainians : 61.4%
- Russians : 36.1%
- Belarusians : 1%
- Tatars : 0.3%
- Romani people : 0.3%
First language
- Russian : 87.1%
- Ukrainian : 12.2%
- Romani : 0.2%
- Belarusian : 0.1%
- Armenian : 0.1%
Gallery
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Town entrance in 2008 when it was called Dzerzhynsk
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Toretsk Avanhard Stadium
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An apartment block in Toretsk
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Ukraine Palace of Culture
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Ukraine Palace of Culture interior
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Buildings in downtown
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Toretsk phenol factory club
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Phenol factory building
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Toretsk railway station
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Crying mother monument
References
- 1 2 3 Дзержинск // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.387
- 1 2 Дзержинск // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.386
- ↑ Toretsk mayor suspected of infringing on territorial integrity of Ukraine , UNIAN (17 August 2016)
- ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [ Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022 ] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine .
- ↑ № 2683. Дзержинский шахтёр // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.352
- ↑ Carr, Barnes (2016). Operation Whisper: The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen . University Press of New England. pp. 11–13. ISBN 978-1-61168-939-6 .
- ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.51
- ↑ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together" . The New Republic .
- ↑ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service" .
- ↑ "Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency" .
- ↑ "Dzerzhynsk under heavy artillery fire - Jul. 11, 2014" . 11 July 2014.
- 1 2 "War Grinds on: Volunteers doing work of government in Dzerzhynsk - May. 14, 2015" . 14 May 2015.
- ↑ "Separatists retreat from Dzerzhynsk - Jul. 21, 2014" . 21 July 2014.
- ↑ We Can Win After All , The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
- ↑ "Дзержинск решили переименовать в Торецк" .
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Decommunisation continues: Rada renames several towns and villages
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UNIAN
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"Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016 . Retrieved 4 February 2016 . - ↑ "People in Toretsk struggle as shelling cuts off water supply (PHOTOS) - Nov. 27, 2016" .
- ↑ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення" . Ukrcensus.gov.ua . Retrieved 2022-03-16 .
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