Makiivka

Makiivka (Ukrainian: Макіївка, IPA: [mɐˈkijiu̯kɐ] ^ⓘ, Russian: Макеевка, romanized: Makeyevka), formerly Dmytriivsk (Ukrainian: Дмитріївськ) until 1931, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) east from Donetsk. The two cities are practically a conurbation. It has a population of 338,968 (2022 estimate). It hosts the administration of Makiivka urban hromada.

Makiivka is a metallurgical and coal-mining centre of the Donets Basin, with heavy industry and coking plants supporting the local steel and coal industries. The city was captured by pro-Russian separatists in 2014 at the start of the war in Donbas and is currently occupied by Russia.

Makiivka comprises a total of five urban districts (raions):

Makiivka urban hromada includes the villages Verkhnya Krynka [uk], Krasna Zoria [uk], Lypove [uk], Molocharka [uk], Novoselivka [uk], Orikhove [uk], and Shevchenko [uk], and the following rural settlements:

The mayor of the city is Oleksandr Maltsev (Ukrainian: Мальцев Олександр Миколайович) who was born in Makiivka in 1956.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

The rough area of the city has been inhabited for millennia. Kurgans from the Bronze Age, Scythian civilization, and the 800s-1200s AD have been excavated in the surrounding area.

Makiyivka was founded in 1690 under the name Yasinovka, as a Cossack settlement. In 1777, the free settlement was reorganized into a military settlement by order of the tsarist government. It was first mentioned in documents at that time. In 1875–1877, several minor mines were opened nearby. In 1899, a metallurgical settlement was founded nearby called Dmitriyevsk (Dmytriyivsk), named after Dmitry Ilovaisky, son of count Ilovaysky - the landlord of the region.^{[citation needed]} Makiivka was only a small village when it was combined with nearby Dmytriivsk. Dmytriivsk subsequently developed as one of the largest coal-mining and industrial centres of the Donets Basin coalfield. In 1931, Dmytriivsk was renamed Makiivka.