Shakhtarsk

Shakhtarsk Шахтарськ
City of regional significance
Flag of Shakhtarsk Flag Official seal of Shakhtarsk Seal
Shakhtarsk
Shakhtarsk
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Founded	1953
Incorporated	1953
Area
• Total	51 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	51,007
Website	http://www.shahtarsk.org.ua/

Shakhtarsk (Ukrainian: Шахтарськ) or Shakhtyorsk (Russian: Шахтёрск) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Regionally, the city is an administrative urban enclave also consisting of cities Torez and Snizhne and surrounded by Shakhtarsk Raion. It serves as the administrative center of Shakhtarsk Raion which it does not belong to. Population: 51,007 (2013 est.).

The city was established in 1953 in place of a mining town of Katyk and villages Oleksiyevo-Orlivka and Vilkhivske.

The city municipality also includes four towns Kontarne, Moskovske, Serdyte, and Stizhkivske; and some nine smaller villages: Viktoria, Vinnytske, Hirne, Dorofiyenko, Dubove, Zarichne, Kyshchenko, Lobanivka, Chumaky.

Starting mid-April 2014, the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk occupied towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Shakhtarsk. On 27 July 2014, Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian local militia claimed Ukrainian troops had entered Shakhtarsk. On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:

Ethnicity
Russians	41,951	57.7%
Ukrainians	27,412	37.7%
Belarusians	1,080	1.5%
Tatars	689	0.9%
Moldovans	189	0.3%

Gallery

• Братська могила радянських воїнів Південного фронту 1.JPG

  Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Shakhtarsk

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  Shakhtarsk yard