Toretsk
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°ECoordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°E | |||
Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Donetsk Oblast Toretsk Municipality |
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Founded | 1806 | ||
City rights | 1936 | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Volodymyr Sliptsov[1] | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 62 km2 (24 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) | ||
Population (2014) | |||
• Total | 34,750 | ||
• Density | 569/km2 (1,470/sq mi) | ||
Postal code | 85200—85279 | ||
Area code(s) | +380-6247 | ||
Climate | Dfb | ||
Website | http://toretsk-rada.gov.ua/ |
Toretsk (Ukrainian: Торецьк; Russian: Торецк), formerly Dzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Дзержинськ; Russian: Дзержинск), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 35,296 (2013 est.)[2].
History[edit]
Toretsk was founded in the 19th century as Shcherbynivka, named after Zaporizhian Cossack Anton Shcherbina, who had settled there.[3] In 1938 the city was renamed Dzerzhynsk, in honor of communist Felix Dzerzhynsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka.[3] In 2001, the population was 43,371 people.
Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[4][5] including former Dzerzhynsk.[6] On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against the separatists.[7] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[3][8][9] Toretsk is only a few kilometers away from the separatists-controlled Horlivka.[3]
Following the 2015 law on decommunization, the city council has decided on 16 October 2015 to rename the city to Toretsk.[10] The name was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016.[11]
Because of the War in Donbass the city has had its water supply cut multiple times.[12]
Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born in the city in 1929.
Demographics[edit]
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001, the majority of residents identified as ethnic Ukrainians and spoke Russian as their first language:[13]
Ethnicity[edit]
- Ukrainians: 61.4%
- Russians: 36.1%
- Belarusians: 1%
- Tatars: 0.3%
- Romani people: 0.3%
First language[edit]
- Russian: 87.1%
- Ukrainian: 12.2%
- Romani: 0.2%
- Belarusian: 0.1%
- Armenian: 0.1%
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Toretsk mayor suspected of infringing on territorial integrity of Ukraine, UNIAN (17 August 2016)
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d [1]
- ^ https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
- ^ http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
- ^ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukrainian_aircraft_eliminated_nearly_1000_terrorists_on_july_11___selezniov_323670
- ^ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/dzerzhynsk-under-heavy-artillery-fire-355718.html
- ^ https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/separatists-retreat-from-dzerzhynsk-357159.html
- ^ We Can Win After All, The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
- ^ http://nikvesti.com/news/politics/76931
- ^ Decommunisation continues: Rada renames several towns and villages, UNIAN (4 February 2016)
"Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016. - ^ https://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/people-toretsk-cut-off-water-supply
- ^ [2]