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Makiivka
Summary
Makiivka (, mɐˈkijiu̯kɐ); formerly Dmytriivsk (Дмитріївськ) until 1931, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, located east from Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. The two cities are practically a conurbation. It has a population of It hosts the administration of Makiivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Makiivka is a leading metallurgical and coal-mining centre of the Donets Basin, with heavy industry and coking plants supporting the local steel and coal industries. The city was captured by pro-Russian separatists in 2014 at the start of the war in Donbas and is currently occupied by Russia.
Makiivka comprises a total of five raions (districts):
Hirnyk (Гірницький район) — 107,835 inhabitants
Kirov (Кіровський район) — 52,768 inhabitants
Soviet (Радянський район — 53,007 inhabitants
Center-City (Центрально-Міський район) — 94,93 inhabitants
Red Guard (Червоногвардійський район) — 81,042 inhabitants
Makiivka urban hromada includes also the following urban-type settlements (Ukrainian spellings are followed by Russian ones in parenthesis):
The mayor of the city is Oleksandr Maltsev (Мальцев Олександр Миколайович) who was born in Makiivka in 1956.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:
Ethnicity
Russians: 50.8%
Ukrainians: 45%
Tatars: 1.1%
Georgians: 0.3%
Greeks: 0.3%
For a long time Makiivka was thought to have been established in 1777, but recent research shows that it has been mentioned in historical records since approx. 1696. The first mine was opened in 1875. In 1899 metallurgical settlement was founded nearby called Dmitriyevsk (Dmytriyivsk), named after Dmitry Ilovaisky, son of count Ilovaysky - the landlord of the region.
Makiivka was only a small village when it was combined with nearby Dmytriivsk. Dmytriivsk subsequently developed as one of the largest coal-mining and industrial centres of the Donets Basin coalfield. In 1931, Dmytriivsk-Makiyivka was renamed Makiivka.
During World War II, the town was under German occupation from 22 October 1941 until 6 September 1943.
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