Torezk

Torezk
Торецьк
	Torezk
Basic data
Oblast :	Donetsk Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	179 m
Area :	62 km²
Residents :	33,864 (2016)
Population density :	546 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	85200
Area code :	+380 6247
Geographic location :	48 ° 24 '  N , 37 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '30 "  N , 37 ° 52' 24"  E
KOATUU :	1411200000
Administrative structure :	2 cities , 7 urban-type settlements , 2 villages, 8 settlements
Mayor :	Volodymyr Mykytowytsch Slipzow
Address:	вул. 50 років Жовтня 27 85200 м. Торецьк
Website :	http://www.dzerzhinsk-rada.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Torezk

Torezk ( Ukrainian Торецьк ; Russian Торецк Torezk ) is a city of regional importance in eastern Ukraine with 33,864 inhabitants (2016). The city is located in the Donets Basin in Donetsk Oblast, 50 km north of the Donetsk Oblast center .

As in most cities in Donbass , the coal industry plays a leading role in the city's economy (with 50.9% of total industrial production (September 1, 2008)).

The city's oldest mine, which has existed since 1860

history

Founded in 1806 as Shcherbinovka (from Russian: Щербиновка) or Shcherbynivka ( Ukrainian Щербинівка), from 1938 on Torezk was called Dzerzhynsk and had the status of a city. The name Dzerzhynsk is derived from the Bolshevik professional revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926). Due to the decommunization laws , the city had to be renamed. The city council voted for the name Torezk. This request was followed and the city was renamed from the former Dzerzhynsk ( ukr. Дзержинськ ) effective February 4, 2016 .

The city was occupied by troops of the German Wehrmacht from October 28, 1941 to September 5, 1943 .

Borough

The municipality has a total of 73,537 inhabitants (July 1, 2012).

It is divided into the city of Torezk with the settlement Krymske ( ukr. Кримське) and the settlement council communities:

• Salisne with:
  • Salisne (city, until 2016 Artemowe / Артемове)
  • Piwdenne (urban-type settlement, until 2016 Leninske / Ленінське)
• Piwnitschne with:
  • Piwnitschne (urban-type settlement, until 2016 Kirowe / Кірове)
  • Kurdjumivka (urban-type settlement)
  • Datschne (settlement, ukr. Дачне , 2016 Horkoho / Горького)
  • Dylijiwka (settlement, ukr. Диліївка )
  • Druzhba (settlement, ukr. Дружба )
  • Osarjaniwka (settlement, ukr. Озарянівка , until 2016 Persche Trawnja / Перше Травня)
  • Schumy (settlement, ukr. Шуми )
• Nowhorodske with:
  • Nowhorodske (urban-type settlement)
  • Nelipivka (urban-type settlement)
  • Leonidiwka (village, ukr. Леонідівка )
  • Jurjiwka (village, ukr. Юр'ївка )
  • Walentyniwka (settlement, ukr. Валентинівка )
  • Sucha Balka (settlement, ukr. Суха Балка )
• Shcherbynivka with:
  • Shcherbynivka (urban-type settlement)
  • Petrivka (urban-type settlement)

population

The Ukrainian language is used, according to the 2001 census of 21.29% of the population, the Russian language by 78.23%. The population of the city at that time consisted of 60.5% Ukrainians , 36.4% Russians , 1% Belarusians , 0.8% Tatars , 0.3% Roma and one percent from another 63 ethnic groups.

In 2001 the city still had 43,371 and the municipality 87,024 inhabitants, today it has only 35,595 and the municipality 73,537 inhabitants. This makes the population decline in Torezk one of the highest in Ukraine. While the birth rate is 6.6 per 1,000 people, the death rate is 18.8. Thus the natural population loss is 12.2. The migration balance is also negative (−8.2 per 1,000).

Population development

1923	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2013
6.320	12,806	31,750	44,835	46,818	44.502	50,538	43,371	40,359	33,864

Source:

Personalities

• Nikolai Ryschkow (* 1929), Soviet politician
• Mykola Kosizyn (* 1956), businessman and rebel commander

Web links

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

• Page about the city (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ en.interfax.com.ua
3. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 04.02.2016 № 984-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
4. ↑ Population figures of Donetsk Oblast from the Central Statistical Office in Donetsk
5. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 19.05.2016 № 1377-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
6. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 19.05.2016 № 1377-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
7. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 19.05.2016 № 1377-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
8. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 04.02.2016 № 984-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
9. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 04.02.2016 № 984-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
10. ↑ History of the City (Russian)