Dokuchaievsk Докучаєвськ Докучаевск
City
Dokuchaievsk City hall
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E / 47.75194; 37.67833
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Kalmiuske Raion
Hromada	Dokuchaievsk urban hromada
Founded	1912
Area	11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population  (2022)	22,835
Climate	Dfa

Dokuchaievsk or Dokuchaevsk (Ukrainian: Докуча́євськ, pronounced [dokʊˈt͡ʃɑjeu̯sʲk]; Russian: Докучаевск) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The city is located on the river Sukha Volnovakha in Kalmiuske Raion. Its population is approximately 22,835 (2022 estimate).^[1]

History

Starting in mid-April 2014 Russian-backed separatists captured Dokuchaievsk and several other towns in Donetsk Oblast.^[2][3][4] Since then the city has been under the control by the Donetsk People's Republic.^[4] On January 13, 2015, militants of the DPR's "Oplot" brigade from Dokuchayevsk shelled a checkpoint near Volnovakha, killing 11 civilians in a bus and injuring 17 others.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[5]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 66.6%
• Russians: 28.2%
• Greeks: 2.1%
• Moldovans: 1.0%
• Belarusians: 0.5%

Language

• Russian: 72.1%
• Ukrainian: 27.3%

Gallery

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  Statues near Dokucheievsk zoo
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  St Vladimir Church
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  Dolomite quarry near Dokuchaievsk