Shakhtarsk

Urban-type settlement since 1938.

A local newspaper is published here since May 1946.^[2]

In August 1953 the urban-type settlement Katyk became a city Shakhtyorsk.^[3][4][5] Ukrainian: Шахтар is a coal miner. (The word comes from German: Schacht, which means shaft.)

In 1964, a trade college was opened here.^[3]

In 1985, the population of the city was 72 thousand people, the basis of the economy was coal mining.^[4]

In 1989, the population of the city was 73 854 people,^[6] the basis of the economy were coal mining, manufacture of clothes and knitwear.^[5]

Since Soviet times until 1997, there were four vocational schools (№ 70, № 71, № 97 and № 98) and one college (a college of commerce and trade);^[7] in May 1997, the vocational school № 71 was closed.^[8]

In 2000, a textile factory went bankrupt.^[9] After the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, the mechanical-repair plant became bankrupt and was closed.

In 2013, the population was 51 007 people.^[10]

Starting mid-April 2014, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic occupied towns in Donetsk Oblast;^[11][12] including Shakhtarsk.^[13] On 27 July 2014, Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian local militia claimed Ukrainian troops had entered Shakhtarsk.^[14][15] On 30 July 2014, the DPR militia resumed control of the city.^[16]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:^[17][18]

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  Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Shakhtarsk
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  Shakhtarsk yard