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Dokuchaievsk

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Country
  
Ukraine

Founded
  
1912

Population
  
23,733

Area
  
11.9 km²

Oblast
  
Donetsk Oblast

Elevation
  
135 m (443 ft)

Climate
  
Dfa

Local time
  
Thursday 4:24 PM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind E at 26 km/h, 49% Humidity

Dokuchaievsk (Ukrainian: Докучаєвськ) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city is located on the river Sukha Volnovakha and is surrounded by Volnovakha Raion, which it does not belong to. Population: 23,733 (2013 est.); 24,383 (2001).

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Map of Dokuchajevs'k, Donetska, Ukraine

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast. Since then the city is controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 66.6%
  • Russians: 28.2%
  • Greeks: 2.1%
  • Moldovans: 1.0%
  • Belarusians: 0.5%
    • Language
  • Russian: 72.1%
  • Ukrainian: 27.3%

    • References

    Dokuchaievsk Wikipedia
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