Yakovlivka, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Yakovlivka (Ukrainian: Яковлівка; Russian: Яковлевка) is a village in Yasynuvata urban hromada, Donetsk Raion (district; formerly Yasynuvata Raion) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 9.9 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city, on the right bank of the Kalmius river.

Yakovlivka Яковлівка
Village
A street in the eastern part of the village
Yakovlivka Location of Yakovlivka within Ukraine Show map of Donetsk Oblast Yakovlivka Yakovlivka (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48.089722°N 37.826667°E / 48.089722; 37.826667
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Donetsk Raion
Hromada	Yasynuvata urban hromada
Elevation	193 m (633 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	971
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	86082
Area code	+380 6236

The settlement was taken under control of Russian forces during the War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014.^[2]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 971 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[1]

• Ukrainian: 59.65%
• Russian: 39.42%
• other languages: 0.93%