Toretsk

Toretsk Торецьк
Church of St. Macarius in Toretsk
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Coordinates: 48°23′30″N 37°52′24″E / 48.39167°N 37.87333°E / 48.39167; 37.87333
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Hromada	Toretsk urban hromada
Founded	1806
City rights	1938[1]
Government
• Type	Civil-military administration
• Head	Vasil Chynchyk
Area
• Total	62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	30,914
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Postal code	85200—85279
Area code	+380-6247
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://toretsk-rada.gov.ua/

Toretsk (Ukrainian: Торе́цьк, IPA: [toˈrɛt͡sʲk]; Russian: Торецк) is an industrial city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Toretsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. As of January 2022, its population was approximately 30,914.^[2]

It has its origins as the hamlet Shcherbynivka (Ukrainian: Щербинівка; Russian: Щербиновка, romanized: Shcherbinovka), built during the mid-19th century developments in coal mining in the Donbas. It developed over the following century with the rise of rail transport, and was renamed to Dzerzhynsk (Ukrainian: Дзержинськ; Russian: Дзержинск, romanized: Dzerzhinsk) when it was part of the Soviet Union. It received its current name in 2016, during decommunization in Ukraine. Toretsk has seen fighting and shelling during the protracted Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014, which has depopulated and heavily damaged the infrastructure of the city over the years.