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Oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...

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Raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

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Kalmiuske Raion Kalmiuske Raion ( uk, Кальміуський район, Kalmiuskyi raion, russian: Кальмиусский район, Kalmiussky rayon) is a prospective raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as par ...

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Hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

, subdivision_name3 = Kalmiuske urban hromada , population_total = 11422 , population_as_of = 2022 , area_total_km2 = 11,9 , established_date = 1933 , established_title = Founded , established_title2 = , established_date2 = , elevation_m = 72 , coordinates = , website = Kalmiuske (; ) or Komsomolske (; ) is a city in

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 ...

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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 inva ...

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Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

renamed the town Kalmiuske to comply with the law prohibited the names of Communist origin. The Ukrainian government does not control the town, and the new name is not recognized locally. Currently population is estimated as

History

City since 1956.Комсомольское // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 12. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.Комсомольское // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1991. стр.615 In 1971, the population was 15,800 people, flux limestone was mined here. Also, food industry enterprises and an industrial technical school were here In January 1989, the population of the city was 14,112 people, the basis of the economy was limestone mining In 1997, the vocational school No. 68 located in the city was merged with vocational school No. 79. In January 2013, the population of the city was 11,763 people. Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Komsomolske. On 29 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists. However, on 31 August, it was recaptured by the separatists.Digital Journal
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Transport

A railway station

Gallery

File:Koms 5 school.jpeg, School #5 in Komsomolske File:Komsomolske Metalurh Stadium.jpeg, Metalurh Stadium

References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Cities of district significance in Ukraine City name changes in Ukraine Kalmiuske Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub