Khartsyzk

Khartsyzk
Харцизьк
Харцызск

City

A church in Khartsyzk

Flag

Coat of arms

Khartsyzk

Khartsyzk

Coordinates: 48°02′34″N 38°08′33″E / 48.04278°N 38.14250°ECoordinates: 48°02′34″N 38°08′33″E / 48.04278°N 38.14250°E

Country

Ukraine

Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

Founded

1869

City status

1938

Area

19.3 km² (7.5 sq mi)

Elevation

216 m (709 ft)

Population

58,641

Khartsyzk (Ukrainian: Харцизьк) or Khartsyzsk (Russian: Харцызск; IPA: [xɐrˈt͡sɨsk]) is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is administratively incorporated as city of oblast significance. Population: 59,315 (2013 est.)^[1]; 64,175 (2001).

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists took control of several towns in Donetsk Oblast.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Unknown armed men took control of Khartsyzk city hall on 13 April 2014 and declared it to be part of the Donetsk People's Republic.^[6] Since then the city is controlled by this unrecognized state.^[7] A pro-Ukrainian unity rally was held in the town on 22 April 2014.^[8] One of the view pro-Ukraine unity rallies at that time in the region.^[9]

References

Populated places of Khartsyzk municipality

Administrative center: Khartsyzk

Cities	Ilovaisk Khartsyzk Zuhres

Urban-type settlements	Hirne Mykolayivka Pokrovka Troyitsko-Khartsyzk Shakhtne Shyroke Voikove Zuyivka

Villages	Pivche Tretyaky Tsupky

Rural settlements	Vedmezhe Vynohradne Vodobud

Administrative divisions of Donetsk Oblast

Administrative center: Donetsk

Raions

Cities

Regional	Avdiivka Bakhmut Debaltseve Dobropillia Dokuchaievsk Donetsk Druzhkivka Dymytrov Horlivka Khartsyzk Kirovske Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Krasnoarmiisk Lyman Makiivka Mariupol Novohrodivka Selydove Shakhtarsk Sloviansk Snizhne Toretsk Torez Vuhledar Yasynuvata Yenakiieve Zhdanivka

District	Amvrosiivka Artemove Bilozerske Bilytske Chasiv Yar Hirnyk Ilovaisk Komsomolske Krasnohorivka Kurakhove Marinka Mospyne Mykolaivka Novoazovsk Rodynske Siversk Soledar Sviatohirsk Svitlodarsk Ukrainsk Volnovakha Vuhlehirsk Yunokomunarivsk Zuhres

Urban-type settlements
Category:Donetsk Oblast

Ukrainian crisis

General
topics

Main events

Donbass battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Zelenopillya rocket attack (11 July 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (16 January – 20 February 2015) Mariupol rocket attack (24 January 2015) Shyrokyne standoff (10 February – 3 July 2015) Battle of Marinka (3 June 2015) Battle of Dokuchaievsk (4–5 March 2016)

Other events	Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014) Odessa clashes (2 May 2014) Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014) Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014) 40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014) Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014) Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014) reactions UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014) NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014) Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014) Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014) Donbass general elections (2 November 2014) 2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014) Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015) Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015) Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015) Kharkiv bombing (22 February 2015)

Proclaimed
states

Republic of Crimea (17–18 March 2014)
Donetsk People's Republic (since 7 April 2014)
Luhansk People's Republic (since 27 April 2014)
Novorossiya (24 May 2014 – 20 May 2015)

Background

Pre-1917 Novorossiya
1918 Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
1918 Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
2004 South-East Ukrainian Autonomous Republic
2012 law on languages
2014 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement

Main places

Donetsk
- International Airport
- Druzhba Arena
Luhansk
- International Airport
Kharkiv
Odessa
Donetsk Oblast
- Bakhmut
- Debaltseve
- Dobropillia
- Druzhkivka
- Dzerkalne
- Horlivka
- Hrabove
- Ilovaisk
- Karlivka
- Khartsyzk
- Kirovske
- Kostiantynivka
- Kramatorsk
- Krasnoarmiisk
- Lyman
- Makiivka
- Marinka
- Mariupol
- Mykolaivka
- Novoazovsk
- Pisky
- Savur-Mohyla
- Shakhtarsk
- Siversk
- Sloviansk
- Snizhne
- Staromykhailivka
- Toretsk
- Torez
- Volnovakha
- Vuhlehirsk
- Yampil
- Yasynuvata
- Yenakiieve
- Zhdanivka
Luhansk Oblast
- Alchevsk
- Antratsyt
- Chornukhyne
- Izvaryne
- Kirovsk
- Krasnodon
- Krasnyi Luch
- Lysychansk
- Metalist
- Novosvitlivka
- Oleksandrivsk
- Pervomaisk
- Pobieda
- Popasna
- Rubizhne
- Shchastya
- Sievierodonetsk
- Stakhanov
- Stanytsia Luhanska
- Sverdlovsk

(Pro-)
Russian

Organizations	Russian Armed Forces United Armed Forces of Novorossiya List of equipment Army of the South-East Russian Orthodox Army Vostok Battalion Donetsk Republic (political party) New Russia Party Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Peace for Lugansk Region Borotba Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Ukrainian Choice Russophone Ukraine Night Wolves The Other Russia Eurasian Youth Union

Lead figures	Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov Sergey Shoygu Vladimir Antyufeyev Igor Bezler Valery Bolotov Alexander Borodai Mikhail Chumachenko Aleksandr Dugin Pavel Gubarev Ekaterina Gubareva Igor Kakidzyanov Alexander Khodakovsky Arsen Klinchaev Vladimir Kononov Aleksey Mozgovoy Igor Plotnitsky Vyacheslav Ponomarev Andrei Purgin Denis Pushilin Igor Strelkov Oleg Tsaryov Alexander Zakharchenko

Ukrainian

Organizations	Yatsenyuk Government Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard of Ukraine Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Right Sector Territorial defense battalions Aidar Battalion Azov Battalion Dnipro Battalion Donbas Battalion Kharkiv Battalion Sich Battalion Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion

Lead figures	Petro Poroshenko Oleksandr Turchynov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Andriy Parubiy Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Valeriy Heletey Mykhailo Koval Mykhailo Kutsyn Oleh Makhnitskyi Viktor Muzhenko Vitaly Yarema Oleh Lyashko Dmytro Yarosh Ihor Kolomoyskyi Serhiy Taruta Ihor Baluta Semen Semenchenko Hennadiy Moskal Nadiya Savchenko

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 239248487 GND: 7697132-6

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