Dobropillia Explained

Dobropillia
Native Name:Добропілля
Settlement Type:City
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Donetsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Pokrovsk Raion
Coordinates:48.4689°N 37.0828°W
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Elevation M:138
Population Total:28170
Population As Of:2022
Area Total Km2:11.89
Established Date:1840s
Established Title:Founded
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Dfb
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Dobropillia urban hromada

Dobropillia (pronounced as /uk/;) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of the former Dobropillia Raion, though it did not belong to the raion. It is located 94km (58miles) from Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 40,064 (1989);[1]

History

A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.[2]

During the Second World War, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops. City since 1953. In 1970, the population of the city was 30 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.[3] [4]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]

Ethnicity
Language:

61.0%

38.5%

0.1%

Notes and References

  1. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  2. № 2703. Путь победы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., "Книжная палата", 1994. стр.354
  3. Доброполье // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972. стр.376
  4. Доброполье // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.402
  5. Web site: Home . ukrcensus.gov.ua.