Dokuchaievsk

Dokuchaievsk
Докучаєвськ
Dokuchaievsk City hall
Dokuchaievsk City hall
Flag of Dokuchaievsk
Coat of arms of Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk is located in Ukraine
Dokuchaievsk
Dokuchaievsk
Coordinates: 47°45′07″N 37°40′42″E / 47.75194°N 37.67833°E / 47.75194; 37.67833
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionKalmiuske Raion
HromadaDokuchaievsk urban hromada
Founded1912
Area
11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 (2022)
22,835
ClimateDfa

Dokuchaievsk (Ukrainian: Докуча́євськ, pronounced [dokʊˈt͡ʃɑjeu̯sʲk]) or Dokuchayevsk (Russian: Докучаевск) is a town in Kalmiuske Raion of Donetsk oblast, 14 km from Olenivka railway station, 40 km south of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Dokuchaievsk urban hromada. The city is located on the river Sukha Volnovakha. Its population is approximately 22,835 (2022 estimate).[1]

Previously, it was administratively subordinated to the Volnovakha Raion Council. Named in honor of Vasyl Dokuchaev, a natural scientist, founder of scientific genetic soil science and zonal agronomy.

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

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