Myrnohrad

Myrnohrad Мирноград
City
Stakhanov Coal Mine in Myrnohrad
Flag Seal
Myrnohrad
Coordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E / 48.29111; 37.26806Coordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E / 48.29111; 37.26806
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Founded	1911
City status	1965
Area
• Total	23 km2 (9 sq mi)
Elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	49,646
Website	http://dimitrov-rada.gov.ua/

Myrnohrad (Ukrainian: Мирноград, Russian: Мирноград), formerly Dymytrov (Ukrainian: Димитров, Russian: Димитров), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 49,646 (2013 est.)^[1].

The city was previously named after Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Георги Димитров) - a prominent Bulgarian and Soviet communist politician, but was renamed to Myrnohrad during decommunisation in May 2016.^[2]

Unlike in most bigger cities in Donetsk Oblast, the separatist Donetsk People's Republic 11 May 2014 referendum on independence was not held in the city.^[3]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[4]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 64.2%
• Russians: 31.3%
• Tatars: 0.7%
• Belarusians: 0.6%
• Armenians: 0.2%

Language

• Russian: 71.8%
• Ukrainian: 26.0%
• Armenian: 0.1%
• Belarusian: 0.1%

Economy

The main city employer is a mining company "Myrnohradvuhillya" (formerly Krasnoarmiyskvuhillya, after the city's central train station) along with refining factory "Komsomolska".

• Myrnohradvuhillya
  • Kapitalna coal mine (formerly Stakhanov coal mine)
  • Tsentralna coal mine
  • Dymytrova coal mine
  • Rodynska coal mine

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