Toretsk

Also known as Dzerzhynsk, Shcherbinovskiy rudnik, Shcherbinovka

Toretsk (; ) is an industrial city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Toretsk urban hromada. As of January 2022, its population was approximately

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Toretsk
Settlement.native_name: Торецьк
Settlement.image_skyline: Church St Macarius Dzerzhynsk.JPG
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Church of St. Macarius in Toretsk
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Toretsk.svg
Settlement.image_shield: UKR Toretsk COA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Donetsk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bakhmut Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Toretsk urban hromada
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1806
Settlement.established_title1: City rights

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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections

Contents

Geography
History
18th Century
19th Century
20th century
After 1991
21st century
Russo-Ukrainian War
War in Donbas
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Demographics
Economy
Transport
Education
Social sphere
Culture
Notable people
Gallery
Notes
References

It has its origins as the hamlet Shcherbynivka, built during the mid-19th century developments in coal mining in the Donbas region. It developed over the following century with the rise of rail transport. Between 1936–2016, the city was named Dzerzhynsk after Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Soviet security service Cheka. The city received its current name in 2016, as a result of decommunization laws.

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