Dobropillia (, ; — Dobropolye) is a city in the
Pokrovsk Raion of the
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
(
province) in
Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was a
city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of the former
Dobropillia Raion
Dobropillia Raion ( uk, Добропільський район, translit.: ''Dobropil's'kyi raion''; russian: Добропо́льский район, translit.: ''Dobropol'skiy raion'') was a raion (district) within the southwestern part of Do ...
, though it did not belong to the raion.
Population: 40,064 (1989); Distance to
Donetsk - .
History
A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.
During the
Second World War, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops. City since 1953. In 1970, the population of the city was 30 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.
Demographics
As of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
;Ethnicity
* Ukrainians: 71.3%
* Russians: 25.9%
* Belarusians: 1.1%
* Tatars: 0.4%
* Greeks: 0.2%
;Language:
*
Russian: 61.0%
*
Ukrainian: 38.5%
*
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
: 0.1%
References
Cities in Donetsk Oblast
Pokrovsk Raion
Populated places established in the Russian Empire
1840s establishments in the Russian Empire
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