Zalizne ( uk, Залі́зне, ; formerly Artemove ( uk, Арте́мове; russian: Артёмово) is a city in

Toretsk municipality Toretsk ( uk, Торе́цьк, Toretsk, ; russian: Торецк, Toretsk), formerly Dzerzhynsk ( uk, link=no, Дзержинськ, Dzerzhynsk; russian: link=no, Дзержинск, Dzerzhinsk), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast ...

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 ...

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 ...

. Population: ; 6,725 (2001). On 19 May 2016, Artemove was renamed to Zalizne, conforming to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: *

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

82.82% *

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

16.75% * Belarusian 0.20% *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

0.11%

Gallery

File:Artemove Artema Mine.jpg, Defunct mine

References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire City name changes in Ukraine Former Soviet toponymy in Ukraine Bakhmut Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub