Horlivka

Horlivka (Ukrainian: Горлівка, Russian: ) is a city in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Oblast, located at [48°18′N 38°3′E]. As of 2001, the city's population is 292,000. It is a coal mining and chemical industry center. Horlivka is twinned with Barnsley in England.

History

The settlement was founded by Pyotr Gorlov in 1867, though it was little more than a series of mining camps until its rapid expansion in the 1930s.

In recent years many mines have closed, and the city's population has reduced by more than 10% during the 1990s.

Famous People From Horlivka

Serhiy Rebrov, Ukrainian footballer
Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
Alexander Volkov, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut
Nikolai Kapustin, Russian composer and pianist

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	Subdivisions of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

	Raions:	Amvrosiivsky Raion \| Artemivsk City \| Artemivsky Raion \| Debaltseve City \| Dimitrov City \| Dobropilla City \| Dobropilsky Raion \| Dokuchayivsk City \| Donetsk City \| Druzhivka City \| Dzerzhinsk City \| Horlivka City \| Khartsizk City \| Kirovske City \| Kostyantynivka City \| Kramatorsk City \| Krasnoarmiysky Raion \| Krasniy Liman City \| Krasnolimansky Raion \| Kostyantynivsky Raion \| Makiivka City \| Mariupol City \| Marynsky Raion \| Novoazovsky Raion \| Novohrodivka City \| Oleksandrivsky Raion \| Pershotravnevy Raion \| Selydove City \| Shakhtarsk City \| Shahtarsky Raion \| Slovyansk City \| Slovyansky Raion \| Snizhne City \| Starobeshivsky Raion \| Telmanivsky Raion \| Torez City \| Velikonosilkivsky Raion \| Volnovasky Raion \| Volodarsky Raion \| Vugledar City \| Yasynuvata City \| Yasynuvatsky Raion \| Yenakiieve City \| Zhdanivka City
	Cities:	Artemivsk \| Debaltseve \| Dimitrov \| Dobropilla \| Dokuchayivsk \| Donetsk \| Druzhivka \| Dzerzhinsk \| Horlivka \| Khartsizk \| Kirovske \| Kostyantynivka \| Kramatorsk \| Krasniy Liman \| Makiivka \| Mariupol \| Novohrodivka \| Selydove \| Shakhtarsk \| Slovyansk \| Snizhne \| Torez \| Vugledar \| Yasynuvata \| Yenakiieve \| Zhdanivka
	Towns:	Amvrosiivka \| Avdiivsk \| Artemove \| Bilitske \| Bilozerske \| Chasiv Yar \| Hirnik \| Ilovaiysk \| Komsomolske \| Krasnoarmiysk \| Krasnohorivka \| Kurakhove \| Marinka \| Mikolaiivka \| Mospine \| Novoazovsk \| Rodinske \| Siversk \| Soledar \| Svitlodarsk \| Svyatohirsk \| Ukraiinsk \| Volnovaha \| Vuhlehirsk \| Yunokomunarivsk \| Zugres