Bilozerske


Bilozerske is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: As of March 2025, about 11,000 inhabitants remained in the city.
The distance to the city of Dobropillia is approximately 13 km and runs along the T 0515 highway.

History

It was founded in 1913 as a khutir by re-settlers from Melitopol county, Taurida Governorate.
By 1923, in the Belozerskyi farm there were 5 farms, the male and female population with 35 people; 17 men, 18 women. In 1930, the land around khutir was added to the Soviet state farm "Bolshevichok".
On September 9, 1943, Belozerka was liberated from the occupation of Nazi Germany in the Second World War period. In August 1947, near the Belozerka farm on the slope of the Kreidyan ridge, surveyors Deripalko and Chulkov began construction of a new mine No. 3 "Dobropillya". At the same time, construction of a new mining village Belozerske began three kilometers from it and the settlement was transformed.
In 1950, the settlement further developed in connection with the construction of coal mines. In 1956, it received the status of an urban-type settlement. In the same year, a newly built House of Culture was opened here. In 1969, the population of the city was 20.6 thousand people. The basis of the economy was coal mining. In 1979, there were coal mines, the Krasnoarmeyskaya processing plant, an asphalt concrete plant, the Dobropolsky mineral water plant, five comprehensive schools, a music school, a vocational school, eight medical institutions, three libraries, and a club.
In the 1980s, the basis of the economy was coal mining and a mineral water plant. In January 1989, the population of the city was 21.1 thousand people. In May 1995, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a decision to privatize the Krasnoarmeyskaya enrichment plant and the repair and transport enterprise located in the city.
In January 2013 the population was 16,101 people.

Economy

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Transport

Located 15 km from the nearest railway station, Dobropolye Donetsk Railway.

Demographics

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Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

Social sphere

Education

  • 4 comprehensive schools of grades I-III
  • 3 kindergartens
  • Belozerske Professional Mining Lyceum

Culture

Sports

Attractions

  • Monument to soldiers who died fighting against the Nazi invaders
  • Monument to internationalist soldiers
  • Monument to the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident
  • Monument to fallen miners
  • Monument to Alexander the First
  • Park

Notable people