Spartak, Donetsk Oblast

Spartak is a village in Yasynuvata urban hromada, Donetsk Raion (district in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, at about 20 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city. Spartak borders from south-west with the Donetsk airfield.
From 1986 until 2003 the village was connected to the city Avdiivka by a tram line.
The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. Since then, the Spartak has been under the occupation of the Russian Donetsk People's Republic.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had 1,956 inhabitants. Their native languages were 22.80% Ukrainian, 76.64% Russian, 0.31% Belarusian, 0.05% Bulgarian, and 0.15% Armenian.