Chystiakove

Also known as Torez

Chystiakove (, ; ), formerly Torez (Ukrainian and ) until 2016, is a city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern 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

Key facts

Settlement.name: Chystiakove
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: юность-торез.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Children's Creativity Palace
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem torez.png
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Torez.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Donetsk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Horlivka Raion
Settlement.population_total: 53462
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.area_total_km2: 105.8
Settlement.established_date: 1778
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.blank_name: Climate
Settlement.blank_info: Dfb

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Encyclopedic overview

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History
Demographics
Transportation
Economy
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chystiakove” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.