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Kirovske, Donetsk Oblast

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Country
  
Ukraine

Founded
  
1954

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Wednesday 7:33 PM

Oblast
  
Donetsk Oblast

City status
  
1987

Postal code
  
86300-86390

Population
  
28,149 (2014)

Weather
  
5°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 69% Humidity

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

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Map of Kirovs'ke, Donetska, Ukraine

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. Since then the city stayed under separatist control.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 54.2%
  • Russians: 41.6%
  • Belarusians: 1.4%
  • Azerbaijanis: 0.5%
  • Tatars: 0.4%
  • Language
  • Russian: 82.39%
  • Ukrainian: 16.90%
  • Belarusian: 0.15%
  • Armenian: 0.05%
  • References

    Kirovske, Donetsk Oblast Wikipedia