Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське, Russian: Кировское) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 28,291 (2013 est.)[1]; 30,910 (2001).

On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian activists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk Peoples Republic.[2] Since then the city stayed under separatist control.[3]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015. 
  2. ^ (Russian) As part of the People's Republic of Donetsk steel Zhdanovka and Kirov [map], Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (14 April 2014)
  3. ^ When Ukraine Is No Longer Ukraine, The Huffington Post (29 July 2015)
  4. ^ [1]
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Coat of arms of Donetsk Oblast
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Coordinates: 48°08′47″N 38°21′38″E / 48.14639°N 38.36056°E / 48.14639; 38.36056