Chervonyi Donets
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Donets Донець |
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| Urban-type settlement | |
 Donets
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| Coordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E / 49.50833°N 36.57111°ECoordinates: 49°30′30″N 36°34′16″E / 49.50833°N 36.57111°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Balakliia Raion |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 8,893 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Donets (Ukrainian: Донець, Russian: Донец), until May 2016 Chervonyi Donets (Ukrainian: Червоний Донець, Russian: Червоный Донец), is an urban-type settlement in Balakliia Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 8,893 (2017 est.)
Donets is located on the right bank of the Donets River.
On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervonyi Donets to Donets conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
Donets has access (via a bridge) to the R78 Highway connecting Kharkiv and Balakliia, and is also connected by road with Pervomaiskyi.
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