Dobropillia
Dobropillia
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| Coordinates: 48°28′08″N 37°04′58″E / 48.46889°N 37.08278°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Dobropillia urban hromada |
| Founded | 1840s |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serhiy Bondarenko |
Area | 11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Population (2022) | 28,170 |
| Climate | Dfb |
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Dobropillia (Ukrainian: Добропілля, IPA: [dobroˈpilʲːɐ] ⓘ; Russian: Доброполье, romanized: Dobropol'ye) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of the former Dobropillia Raion, though it did not belong to the raion. It is located 94 kilometres (58 mi) from Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. In 2022, 28 thousand people lived in Dobropillia, in 2024, 26,700.[1]
History
[edit]A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.[2]
During the Second World War, the settlement was occupied by Axis troops. City since 1953. In 1970, the population of the city was 30 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.[3][4]
Dobropillia was one of the first towns shelled by Russia using "Grad" MLRS on 13 June 2014, with one civilian killed.[5]
On the night of 7 March 2025, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army attacked a residential district between Shevchenko and Luhanska streets with ballistic missiles. A double-tap attack with cluster munitions happened shortly after the first one with 11 killed and 30 wounded initially confirmed.[6]
In July 2025, a Russian air strike on a shopping center in the town killed at least two people and injured several others.[7][8] An FAB-type 500-kg bomb was used in the attack, affecting 54 retail outlets, 304 apartments, and eight vehicles.[9] Dobropillia was about 15 kilometers from the front line at the time.[9]
Demographics
[edit]As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[10]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 71.3%
- Russians: 25.9%
- Belarusians: 1.1%
- Tatars: 0.4%
- Greeks: 0.2%
- Language
- Russian: 61.0%
- Ukrainian: 38.5%
- Belarusian: 0.1%
Notable people
[edit]- Art Bezrukavenko (born 1996), content creator and social media personality[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Уколов, Анастасія Дорошенко, Анастасія Галасюк, Владислав (2024-09-18). ""Розбивають хати, прильоти, будемо виїжджати": жителі Добропілля про евакуацію". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ № 2703. Путь победы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., "Книжная палата", 1994. стр.354
- ^ Доброполье // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972. стр.376
- ^ Доброполье // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.402
- ^ "Ukraine crisis: Kiev forces win back Mariupol". BBC News. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
- ^ "Day of mourning declared in Donetsk Oblast after Russian strike on Dobropillia". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
- ^ "At least two killed in 'horrific' Russian attack on Ukraine's Dobropillia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ "Two dead and many injured in Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping centre". www.bbc.com. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ a b "Russia strikes shopping centre in eastern Ukraine with 500-kg bomb". euronews. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
- ^ Guzman, Ivan (July 1, 2024). "Artiomboy is an OnlyFans Anthropologist". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
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