Toretsk (Torets'k Municipality)
Toretsk (Торе́цьк, ; Торецк), formerly Dzerzhynsk (Дзержинськ; Дзержинск), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. As of January 2022 its population was approximately
The settlement Shcherbynovka was founded in 1806 in Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since September 1936.
In October 1938 the urban-type settlement Shcherbynovka became a city Dzerzhynsk, in honor of Felix Dzerzhynsky, founder of the Soviet secret police, and architect of the Red Terror and de-Cossackization of the region.
In 1989, the population was 50,538 people.
In 2013, the population was 35 296 people.
Starting mid-April 2014 Russian-backed paramilitaries captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including the former Dzerzhynsk. On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against these militias. On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from Russian forces. Toretsk is only a few kilometers away from the occupied city of Horlivka.
Following the 2015 law on decommunization, the city council has decided on 16 October 2015 to rename the city to Toretsk. The name was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016.
Because of the War in Donbass the city has had its water supply cut multiple times.
Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born in the city in 1929.
The settlement Shcherbynovka was founded in 1806 in Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since September 1936.
In October 1938 the urban-type settlement Shcherbynovka became a city Dzerzhynsk, in honor of Felix Dzerzhynsky, founder of the Soviet secret police, and architect of the Red Terror and de-Cossackization of the region.
In 1989, the population was 50,538 people.
In 2013, the population was 35 296 people.
Starting mid-April 2014 Russian-backed paramilitaries captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including the former Dzerzhynsk. On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian forces launched strikes against these militias. On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from Russian forces. Toretsk is only a few kilometers away from the occupied city of Horlivka.
Following the 2015 law on decommunization, the city council has decided on 16 October 2015 to rename the city to Toretsk. The name was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016.
Because of the War in Donbass the city has had its water supply cut multiple times.
Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Premier of the Soviet Union, was born in the city in 1929.
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During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The area was then contested, divided, and ruled by a variety of external powers for the next 600 years, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in central Ukraine in the 17th century, but was partitioned between Russia and Poland, and ultimately absorbed by the Russian Empire. Ukrainian nationalism developed, and following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic was formed. The Bolsheviks consolidated control over much of the former empire and established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was formed in 1922. In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, a man-made famine. During World War II, Ukraine was devastated by the German occupation.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia | â‚´ | 2 |
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HU | Hungarian language |
PL | Polish language |
RU | Russian language |
UK | Ukrainian language |