Dokuchayevsk

Dokuchayevsk
Докучаєвськ
	Dokuchayevsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Donetsk Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	135 m
Area :	118.9 km²
Residents :	23,554 (2019)
Population density :	198 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	85740
Area code :	+380 6275
Geographic location :	47 ° 45 '  N , 37 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '7 "  N , 37 ° 40' 42"  E
KOATUU :	1411600000
Administrative structure :	1 city , 1 village
Address:	вул. Незалежності 22 85 740 м. Докучаєвськ
Website :	official page
Statistical information
Dokuchayevsk

Dokuchaievsk ( Ukrainian Докучаєвськ ; Russian Докучаевск Dokuchaievsk ) is a city of regional significance in the east of Ukraine with about 23,554 inhabitants (2019).

There are several karst caves and a zoo in the city .

Dokushayivsk City Administration

geography

The city is located in the Donets Basin in Donetsk Oblast, 38 km south of the Donetsk Oblast center . The village of Jasne ( Ясне in Ukrainian ) also belongs to the municipality, and the place is completely enclosed by Wolnowacha Rajon .

history

Saint Vladimir Church

The place was founded in 1912 as a mining town for the workers of the local limestone - and dolomite - Quarries under the name Oleniwski Karjery (Ukrainian Оленівські Кар'єри , "Quarry of Oleniwka "). In 1954, the place received the status of a city and was renamed after the Russian geologist , mineralogist and geographer Vasily Dokuchayev in Dokuchayevsk. In 1992 the city was elevated to a city of regional importance.

In autumn 2014 the city was occupied by separatist troops of the Donetsk People's Republic during the Ukraine War and, according to the Ukrainian government, belongs to an area in which the organs of state power temporarily do not exercise their powers.

population

Population development

1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2014	2019
9,175	16,847	25,201	24,137	26,038	24,383	23,881	23,641	23,554

Source: 1939 1959; 1970; 1979; 1989-2013

Web links

Commons : Dokuchayevsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City information portal (Russian)
• History of Towns and Villages - Dokuchayevsk (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Сhyselnist Naselennya po mistakh ta rayonakh. Retrieved December 12, 2019 (Ukrainian). 
2. ↑ Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine , November 7, 2014 N 1085-р (Ukrainian)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org; Retrieved April 13, 2014
4. ↑ Census of the USSR 1959 ( Memento of November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on webgeo.ru
5. ↑ Census of the USSR 1970 ( Memento of December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on webgeo.ru
6. ↑ Census of the USSR 1979 ( Memento of May 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on webgeo.ru