Kirovske, Donetsk Oblast
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| Kirovske Кіровське Кировское |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast | ||
| Founded | 1954 | ||
| City status | 1987 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Larysa Hrechushkina (interim) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 7,25 km2 (280 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 28,149 | ||
| • Density | 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 86300-86390 | ||
Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське, Russian: Кировское) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 28,291 (2013 est.)[1]; 30,910 (2001).
On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian activists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk Peoples Republic.[2] Since then the city stayed under separatist control.[3]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- Russian 82.39%
- Ukrainian 16.90%
- Belarusian 0.15%
- Armenian 0.05%
References
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- ↑ (Russian) As part of the People's Republic of Donetsk steel Zhdanovka and Kirov [map], Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (14 April 2014)
- ↑ When Ukraine Is No Longer Ukraine, The Huffington Post (29 July 2015)
- ↑ [1]
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