Piatypillia

"Proletarske" redirects here; not to be confused with Proletarskyi.

Piatypillia^[a] or Proletarske^[b] is a rural settlement in Makiivka urban hromada, Donetsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. Population: 3,155 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Piatypillia П'ятипілля
Rural settlement
Piatypillia Location of Piatypillia within Donetsk Oblast Show map of Donetsk Oblast Piatypillia Piatypillia (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°00′43″N 38°05′31″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Donetsk Raion
Hromada	Makiivka urban hromada
Elevation [1]	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	3,155
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	86192
Area code	+380 6232

Geography

The town is located in the central part of Donetsk Oblast, in the Donetsk-Makiivka conurbation. It is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Donetsk city center, and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Khartsyzk. It has an elevation of 220 metres (720 ft).^[1]

History

Proletarske was founded in 1937. It received urban-type settlement status in 1956.^[1]

The town, when it was known as Proletarske, was taken over by Russian proxy forces during the war in Donbas that began in 2014. In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine issued an edict renaming it to Piatypillia in accordance with decommunization laws.^[3]

Economy

The town contains a bituminous coal mine and a structural steel plant.^[1]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[4]

• Ukrainian 19.09%
• Russian 80.58%
• Belarusian 0.14%
• Bulgarian and "Moldovan" (Romanian) 0.03%

Notes

1. Ukrainian: П'ятипілля; Russian: Пятиполье, romanized: Pyatipole
2. /proʊlɛˈtɑːrskɛ/;^[1] Ukrainian: Пролета́рське; Russian: Пролетарское, romanized: Proletarskoye