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Toretsk (Ukrainian: Торе́цьк, romanized: Toretsk, pronounced [toˈrɛt͡sʲk]; Russian: Торецк, romanized: Toretsk), formerly Dzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Дзержинськ, romanized: Dzerzhynsk; Russian: Дзержинск, romanized: Dzerzhinsk), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 30,914 (2022 est.)[4]

Toretsk Торецьк
Church of St. Macarius in Toretsk
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Founded	1806[1]
City rights	1938[1][2]
Government
• Mayor	Volodymyr Sliptsov[3]
Area
• Total	62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	30,914
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Postal code	85200—85279
Area code	+380-6247
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://toretsk-rada.gov.ua/

History

The settlement Shcherbynovka was founded in 1806[1] in Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since September 1936.[5]

In October 1938 the urban-type settlement Shcherbynovka became a city Dzerzhynsk, in honor of the founder of the Soviet secret police Felix Dzerzhynsky.[1][2]

In 1989, the population was 50,538 people.[2]

In 2013, the population was 35 296 people.[6]

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[7][8] including former Dzerzhynsk.[9] On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against the separatists.[10] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[11][12][13] Toretsk is only a few kilometers away from the separatists-controlled Horlivka.[11]

Following the 2015 law on decommunization, the city council has decided on 16 October 2015 to rename the city to Toretsk.[14] The name was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016.[15]

Because of the War in Donbass the city has had its water supply cut multiple times.[16]

Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born in the city in 1929.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001, the majority of residents identified as ethnic Ukrainians and spoke Russian as their first language:[17]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 61.4%
• Russians: 36.1%
• Belarusians: 1%
• Tatars: 0.3%
• Romani people: 0.3%

First language

• Russian: 87.1%
• Ukrainian: 12.2%
• Romani: 0.2%
• Belarusian: 0.1%
• Armenian: 0.1%

Gallery

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  Town entrance in 2008 when it was called Dzerzhynsk
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  Toretsk Avanhard Stadium
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  An apartment block in Toretsk
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  Ukraine Palace of Culture
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  Ukraine Palace of Culture interior
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  Buildings in downtown
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  Toretsk phenol factory club
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  Phenol factory building
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  Toretsk railway station
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  Crying mother monument

References

На других языках

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[de] Torezk

Torezk (ukrainisch Торецьк; russisch Торецк .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Torezk) ist eine Stadt von regionaler Bedeutung im Osten der Ukraine mit 33.864 Einwohnern (2016).[1] Die Stadt liegt im Donezbecken in der Oblast Donezk 50 km nördlich zum Oblastzentrum Donezk.

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- [en] Toretsk

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[es] Toretsk

Toretsk (en ucraniano, Торецьк, en ruso, Торецк) es una ciudad ucraniana perteneciente al óblast de Donetsk. Situada en el este del país, es parte del raión de Bajmut y centro del municipio de Toretsk. Entre 1925 y 2016, la ciudad fue conocida como Dzerzhinsk (en ucraniano, Дзержинськ, en ruso, Дзержинск).

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[ru] Торецк

Торе́цк (укр. Торецьк; до 1936 года — Щерби́новка, в 1936—2016 годах — Дзержи́нск) — город в Бахмутском районе Донецкой области Украины, административный центр Торецкой городской общины. До укрупнения Бахмутского, ранее Артёмовского, района в 2020 году не входил в его состав, будучи городом областного значения.

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