Donets, Ukraine

Rural locality in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

For the river, see Donets. For other uses, see Donets (disambiguation).

Rural settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Donets

Донець

Rural settlement

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Donets

Location in Kharkiv Oblast

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Donets

Location in Ukraine

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Coordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E﻿ / ﻿49.50833°N 36.57111°E﻿ / 49.50833; 36.57111
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast|  Kharkiv Oblast
Raion|  Izium Raion
Population

(2022)

• Total| 8,450
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Donets (Ukrainian: Донець, Russian: Донец), until May 2016 Chervonyi Donets (Ukrainian: Червоний Донець, Russian: Червоный Донец), is a rural settlement in Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Donets hosts the administration of Donets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 8,450 (2022 estimate).[2]

Donets is located on the right bank of the Donets River.

## History

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Urban-type settlement since 1959.[citation needed]

In January 1989 the population was 9653 people.[3] In January 2013 the population was 8997 people.[4]

On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervonyi Donets to Donets conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Donets belonged to Balakliia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Balakliia Raion was merged into Izium Raion.[6][7]

Until 26 January 2024, Donets was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Donets became a rural settlement.[8]

## Economy

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### Transportation

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Donets has access (via a bridge) to the R78 Highway connecting Kharkiv and Balakliia, and is also connected by road with Pervomaiskyi.

## References

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1. ^ "Донецка громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
4. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.97" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
5. ^ "Парламентарии переименовали два района в Одесской области" (in Russian). Одесса-медиа. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
8. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.