Horlivka
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| Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Donetsk Oblast Municipality |
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| Area - City |
422 km² |
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| Population - City () - Density |
289,872 686.9/km² |
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"Gorlovka" redirects here. For the Gorlovka meteorite of 1974, see meteorite falls.
Horlivka (Ukrainian: Горлівка, Russian: Горловка) is a city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. As of 2001, the city's population is 292,000. It is a coal mining and chemical industry center. Horlivka is twinned with in England.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Famous People From Horlivka
- Alexander Volkov, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut
- Arkady Shevchenko, Soviet defector
- Nikolai Kapustin, Russian composer and pianist
- Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
- Serhiy Rebrov, Ukrainian footballer
[edit] Sister Cities
| City | Country | Year of Signing |
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| Barnsley |  England |
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| Pensacola, Florida |  United States |
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