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Dobropillia (Ukrainian: Добропі́лля, pronounced [dobroˈp⁽ʲ⁾ilʲːɐ]; Russian: Доброполье — Dobropolye) is a city in the Pokrovsk Raion of the Donetsk Oblast (province) in Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of the former Dobropillia Raion, though it did not belong to the raion.

Dobropillia Добропілля
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Coordinates: 48°28′08″N 37°04′58″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Pokrovsk Raion
Founded	1840s
Area	11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi)
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population  (2021)	28,757
Climate	Dfb

Population: 40,064 (1989);[1] 28,757 (2021 est.)[2] Distance to Donetsk - 94 kilometres (58 mi).

History

A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.[3]

During the Second World War, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops. City since 1953. In 1970, the population of the city was 30 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.[4][5]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 71.3%
• Russians: 25.9%
• Belarusians: 1.1%
• Tatars: 0.4%
• Greeks: 0.2%

Language

• Russian: 61.0%
• Ukrainian: 38.5%
• Belarusian: 0.1%

References

На других языках

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- [en] Dobropillia

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[ru] Доброполье

Добропо́лье (укр. Добропі́лля) — город областного значения на Украине, административный центр Добропольского района Донецкой области.

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