Khartsyzk or Khartsyzsk (, ; rus, Харцызск, p=xɐrˈt͡sɨsk) is a city of regional significance in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. The city has a population of Population:

History

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists took control of several towns in Donetsk Oblast. Unknown armed men took control of Khartsyzk city hall on 13 April 2014 and declared it part of the Donetsk People's Republic. A pro-Ukrainian unity rally, one of the few in the region, was held in the town on 22 April 2014.

Demographics

Ethnicity as of the

2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

: * Ukrainians: 52.4% * Russians: 44.1% * Belarusians: 0.9% * Armenians: 0.3% * Greeks: 0.3% * Georgians: 0.2%

References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Donetsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub