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City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shakhtarsk (Ukrainian: Шахтарськ, IPA: [ʃɐxˈtɑrsʲk]) or Shakhtyorsk (Russian: Шахтёрск) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia. Regionally, the city is the administrative center of the Shakhtarsk urban hromada. Population: 48,208 (2022 estimate).[1]
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Urban-type settlement since 1938.
A local newspaper is published here since May 1946.[2]
In August 1953 the urban-type settlement Katyk became a city Shakhtyorsk.[3][4][5] Ukrainian: Шахтар is a coal miner. (The word comes from German: Schacht, which means shaft.)
In 1964, a trade college was opened here.[3]
In 1985, the population of the city was 72 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.[4]
In 1989, the population of the city was 73 854 people,[6] the basis of the economy were coal mining, manufacture of clothes and knitwear.[5]
Since Soviet times until 1997, there were four vocational schools (№ 70, № 71, № 97 and № 98) and one college (a college of commerce and trade);[7] in May 1997, the vocational school № 71 was closed.[8]
In 2000, a textile factory went bankrupt.[9] After the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, the mechanical-repair plant became bankrupt and was closed.
In 2013, the population was 51 007 people.[10]
Starting mid-April 2014, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic occupied towns in Donetsk Oblast;[11][12] including Shakhtarsk.[13] On 27 July 2014, Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian local militia claimed Ukrainian troops had entered Shakhtarsk.[14][15] On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city.[16]
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Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[17][18]
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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Shakhtarsk
Shakhtarsk yard
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