Toretsk
Sign in to saveToretsk (; ) 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
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- 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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- 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
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
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.