Amvrosiivka
Amvrosiivka is a city and the administrative center of the Amvrosiivka Raion within Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately.
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. 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.[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-cities.htm]
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:
- Russian 71.3%
- Ukrainian 27.9%
- Armenian 0.3%
