Amvrosiivka

Amvrosiivka (Ukrainian: Амвросіївка; Russian: Амвросиевка; since 1869) is a city and the administrative center of the Amvrosiivka Raion within Donetsk Oblast (province), Ukraine. Its population is approximately 18,090(2020 est.)[1] .

Amvrosiivka

Амвросіївка
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Amvrosiivka
Coordinates: 47°47′N 38°29′E
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk
Founded1869
City status1938
Area
  Total19.4 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total18,090
ClimateDfa
Websitehttp://www.slavrada.gov.ua/

It was first founded in 1869 as a train station settlement on the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov Railway, and it received city status in 1938. Since 1896, a cement factory is located within the city, and cement production has been the dominant industry of the city.[2] Also located within the city is a history museum, industrial technical school, 6 schools, 11 libraries, 9 hospitals, a pharmacy, a movie theater, a club, and a sport stadium.

The city's population peaked at about 24,406 in 1979.[3]

On July 15, 2014, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight wounded when Amvrosiivka was hit by several "Grad" rockets.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

Lenin statue in Amvrosiivka, 2008

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