Chystiakove
Chystiakove (Ukrainian: Чистякове IPA: [t͡ʃɪsʲtʲɐˈkɔwe], Russian: Чистяково), formerly Torez (Ukrainian: Торез, Russian: Торез) until 2016, is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is a center of the regional coal industry and much of its economy relies on mining, despite a recent drop in the number of employed miners. The city has a population of 53,462 (2022 estimate).
Chystiakove
Чистякове | |
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Chystiakove Chystiakove | |
| Coordinates: 48°1′19″N 38°37′35″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Horlivka Raion |
| Hromada | Chystiakove urban hromada |
| Founded | 1778 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 105.8 km2 (40.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 53,462 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | torez |
Founded in 1778, the city was named Chystiakove in 1868. It was renamed Torez in 1964 in honor of Maurice Thorez, a leader of the French Communist Party. In 2016, the Ukrainian parliament restored the name Chystiakove due to decommunization laws.
Pro-Russian separatists took control of Chystiakove in June 2014.
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