Dokuchaievsk


Dokuchaievsk or Dokuchayevsk is a city in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is from Olenivka railway station and south of Donetsk. It serves as the administrative center of Dokuchaievsk urban hromada. The city is on the river. Its population is approximately
Previously it was administratively subordinated to the Volnovakha Raion Council. Named in honor of Vasyl Dokuchaev, a natural scientist, founder of scientific genetic soil science and zonal agronomy.

History

It was founded in 1912. It was originally founded as an urban-type settlement called Olenivski Kariery. It has been a town since 1954. It was founded in connection with the development of flux limestone and dolomite mining for Petrovsky and Yenakiieve Steel.
In 1939 the town was home to 9.2 thousand people, in 1959 – 16.8 thousand people, in 2011 – 23.726 thousand people.
Starting in mid-April 2014 Russian-backed separatists captured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast. Since then the city has been under the control by the Donetsk People's Republic. On 13 January 2015, militants of the DPR's "Oplot" brigade from Dokuchaievsk shelled a checkpoint near Volnovakha, killing 11 civilians in a bus and injuring 17 others.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 the population of the city amounted to 24,142 people, of whom 27.32% indicated Ukrainian as their native language, 72.13% – Russian, 0.14% – Armenian and Greek, 0.04% – Belarusian, 0.03% – Moldovan, as well as Bulgarian and Gagauz languages:
;Ethnicity
numberpercentage, %
Ukrainians16,66566.6
Russians7,05328.2
Greeks5332.1
Moldovans2401.0
Belarusians1280.5

;Language
  • Russian: 72.1%
  • Ukrainian: 27.3%

    Industries

Europe's largest flux and dolomite plant, construction materials production, and motor transportation companies. Former Kalinin collective farm, Dokuchaievskyi state farm.

Cultural and social sphere

There are six schools, a palace of culture, a zoo, a stadium, eight libraries, and a hospital.