Kirovske, Donetsk Oblast

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Kirovske
Кіровське
Кировское
Flag of Kirovske
Flag
Coat of arms of Kirovske
Coat of arms
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Founded 1954
City status 1987
Government
 • Mayor Larysa Hrechushkina (interim)
Area
 • Total 7,25 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 28,149
 • Density 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 86300-86390

Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське, Russian: Кировское) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 28,291 (2013 est.)[1]; 30,910 (2001).

On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian activists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk Peoples Republic.[2] Since then the city stayed under separatist control.[3]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

References

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  2. (Russian) As part of the People's Republic of Donetsk steel Zhdanovka and Kirov [map], Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (14 April 2014)
  3. When Ukraine Is No Longer Ukraine, The Huffington Post (29 July 2015)
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