Donetsk Ukraine oblast (region)

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• overview
• administrative division
• history
• economy

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Donetsk Ukraine oblast (region) overview

Donetsk region of Ukraine coat of arms

Donetsk region of Ukraine flag

Donetsk Ukraine oblast area - 26,500 sq. km.
Donetsk Ukraine oblast population - 4,580,000 (2007).
Donetsk Ukraine oblast phone code - +380-62.
Donetsk Ukraine oblast postal codes - 83000-87999.

Donetsk region was established on July 17, 1932. Donetsk oblast is located in the southeastern part of Ukraine.

Donetsk region Ukraine map location

Donetsk city, the center of the Donetsk region has population of 1,092.7 thousand people. Donetsk oblast makes up 4.4% of the territory of Ukraine. Donetsk oblast population constitutes 10% of the whole Ukraine, including 4,136 thousand urban people and 444 thousand rural people (9.7%). The density of the population is more than 174 people per sq. km.

Donetsk oblast of Ukraine landscapes

Donetsk oblast borders with Luhansk, Kharkiv, Dniprodzerzhynsk and Zaporizhia oblasts of Ukraine and Rostov oblast of the Russian Federation. In the south, Donetsk region is washed by the Azov Sea.

Donetsk oblast stretches 240 km from north to south, 170 km from west to east. The distance from Donetsk oblast center to the capital of Ukraine by railway is 871 km, by roads, 693 km.

Donetsk oblast of Ukraine beautiful view

Mineral resources available in Donetsk region abound in almost all components of periodic system. The largest deposits of iron ore have been explored close to Mariupol. Donetsk oblast has large deposits of coal, its explored reserves make up 9.9 billion tons, including 5.7 billion tons of coke coal.

Donetsk also spelled Doneck, formerly (until 1924) Yuzovka, or (1924-61) Stalino is a city and administrative centre of Donetsk oblast, southeastern Ukraine, on the headwaters of the Kalmius River.

Donetsk oblast of Ukraine splendid scenery

The necessity of avoiding areas subject to subsidence caused by mining has led to a patchy development of the densely built-up residential and factory areas and open spaces over the extensive area of the town's administrative limits (162 square miles [420 square km]).

The principal street of Donetsk city, from the railway station to the steelworks, is 5.5 miles (9 km) long, with the main shops, hotels, and administrative buildings. There are a university; polytechnic, medical and trade institutes; and more than 30 scientific research establishments, including a branch of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Cultural amenities of Donetsk city include several theatres and a philharmonic hall.

Donetsk region of Ukraine rocks

Donetsk Ukraine oblast (region) administrative division

Donetsk oblast includes 28 towns, 23 district centres, 134 urban villages and 1,124 villages. Donetsk region main cities and towns: Donetsk, Mariupol, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Enakievo.

Donetsk Ukraine oblast (region) history

In 1872 an ironworks was founded in Donetsk region by a Welshman, John Hughes (from whom the town's pre-Revolutionary name Yuzovka was derived), to produce iron rails for the growing Russian rail network. Later steel rails were made. The plant used coal from the immediate vicinity, and both coal mining and steel making developed rapidly.

Donetsk region of Ukraine - Artemovsk town churches

By 1914 there were 4 metallurgical plants, 10 coal pits, and a population of about 50,000. After the October Revolution (1917), Yuzovka was renamed Stalino and, in 1961, Donetsk. Heavy destruction in World War II led to postwar modernization and an increase in the scale of industry of Donetsk region.

Donetsk region of Ukraine - Makeevka town cathedral

Donetsk region of Ukraine - Slavyansk town church

Donetsk region of Ukraine - Urzuf town church

Donetsk Ukraine oblast (region) economy

Donetsk Ukraine oblast industry: extremely powerful metallurgical production, heavy machine-building and coal mining; other major industrial branches are also present.

Donetsk Ukraine oblast agriculture: grains, sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables, sunflowers; cattle and poultry farming.

Donetsk region of Ukraine industry - mountains of empty ore

Subsequent growth has been rapid and sustained. There are now more than 40 coal pits within Donetsk city limits. A major integrated coking, iron-smelting, and steel-making plant makes modern Donetsk one of the largest metallurgical centers of Ukraine. Coke by-products are the basis of a chemical industry producing plastics.

There are several heavy-engineering works in Donetsk region, which produce, in the main, mining equipment. Refrigerators are manufactured, and there are other light industries in Donetsk oblast.

Donetsk region of Ukraine agriculture picture

Donetsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an association of more than 300 enterprises of Donetsk city and Donetsk region of the various forms of property state enterprises, banks, scientific research institutions, insurance and trade companies, and private firms.

Donetsk region of Ukraine views photos

Donetsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry functions on the basis of the Law "On the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine" and facilitates the development of the national economy, creation of the proper conditions for business activity in Donetsk region, the development of all forms of management, as well as the industrial, scientific-and-technical, and trade links of Ukrainian businessmen with businessmen of the foreign countries.

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