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Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast

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Proletarsk (Russian: Пролета́рск) is a town and the administrative center of Proletarsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Manych River, on the Rostov-on-DonBaku railway.

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It was formerly the Cossack stanitsa of Velikoknyazheskaya (Великокняжеская).

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History

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The tank farm fire was detected by NASA's FIRMS from 18 to 30 August 2024

Proletarsk is the site of a massive petroleum tank farm installation of the Russian Federal Agency for State Reserves, some 250 km from the Ukrainian border.[6] On 18 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was set ablaze by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike.[7] As of 23 August 2024, the tank farm was still ablaze,[8][9] while the Ukrainians aggravated it with another drone strike on that day.[10][11] Local authorities declared a state of emergency.[12] On 2 September the fire was extinguished.[13] The Telegram channel RostovGazeta reported that the fire at the Proletarsk oil depot precipitated a surge in the sale of oil storage and refining facilities in the region due to the threat of new attacks from Ukraine.[14][15]

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Proletarsk serves as the administrative center of Proletarsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Proletarsky District as Proletarskoye Urban Settlement.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Proletarsky Municipal District.[3]

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Demographics

The population of Proletarsk has slightly increased in the post-Soviet era: 20,267(2010 Census);[2] 19,572(2002 Census);[16] 19,422(1989 Soviet census).[17]

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