Kirovske, Donetsk Oblast

Kirovske
Кіровське
Кировское

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Country  Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Founded 1954
City status 1987
Government
  Mayor Larysa Hrechushkina (interim)
Area
  Total 7,25 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population (2014)
  Total 28,149
  Density 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 86300-86390

Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське, Russian: Кировское) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 28,291(2013 est.)[1]; 30,910 (2001).

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.[2] Since then the city stayed under separatist control.[3]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 54.2%
  • Russians: 41.6%
  • Belarusians: 1.4%
  • Azerbaijanis: 0.5%
  • Tatars: 0.4%
Language

References

  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. (in Russian) As part of the People's Republic of Donetsk steel Zhdanovka and Kirov [map], Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (14 April 2014)
  3. When Ukraine Is No Longer Ukraine, The Huffington Post (29 July 2015)

Coordinates: 48°08′47″N 38°21′38″E / 48.14639°N 38.36056°E / 48.14639; 38.36056

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