🇺🇦 Kramatorsk is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 11, 2014 Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the war in Donbas. Sievierodonetsk has a similar status for Luhansk Oblast. Their previous cities are still de jure administrative centres.
The city is located on the banks of the Kazennyi Torets River which is a right tributary of the Siversky Donets. It is an important industrial and mechanical engineering centre in Ukraine. At various periods, Kramatorsk was a place of residence for a number of notable people including Leonid Bykov, Joseph Kobzon, and Ruslan Ponomariov, the youngest person to ever become FIDE World Chess Champion.
Economy and industry Industrial and mining equipment • New Kramatorsk Machinebuilding Plant (NKMZ) (founded 1934): design and production of machines and equipment for mining, steel rolling, metallurgy, production and handling of cast iron, artillery weapon systems. • Old Kramatorsk Machinebuilding Plant
In the 2000s, a wind turbine production facility was constructed in Kramatorsk. This is a joint venture between German Fuhrländer AG and its Ukrainian partners. According to their site, Fuhrländer became the first company in the renewable energy sector to obtain a building permit from the Ukrainian government.
Kramatorsk has a population of over 150,084 people. Kramatorsk also forms the centre of the wider Kramatorsk Raion which has a population of over 553,559 people.
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🇺🇸 Bellingham 48.75
🇸🇰 Michalovce 48.75
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🇷🇺 Cheryomushki 37.595
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Locations Near: Kramatorsk 37.5833,48.7333
🇺🇦 Sloviansk 37.625,48.853 d: 13.7
🇺🇦 Bakhmut 38.067,48.583 d: 39.2
🇺🇦 Pokrovsk 37.167,48.267 d: 60.3
🇺🇦 Horlivka 38.05,48.3 d: 59.2
🇺🇦 Donetsk 37.834,48.003 d: 83.3
🇺🇦 Lysychansk 38.4,48.917 d: 63.2
🇺🇦 Khartsyzk 38.133,48.033 d: 87.8
🇺🇦 Syeverodonets'k 38.493,48.949 d: 70.8
🇺🇦 Sievierodonetsk 38.5,48.933 d: 70.7
🇺🇦 Troitsko-Khartsyzk 38.25,47.967 d: 98.5
Antipodal to: Kramatorsk -142.417,-48.733
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16486.6
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15791.1
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15393.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15295.9
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12299.6
🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 14610.2
🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14693.3
🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14693.3
🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 14407.9
🇨🇱 Concepción -73.05,-36.817 d: 14403.2