Kramatorsk

Kramatorsk
Краматорськ
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk on the map of Donetsk Oblast
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°44′21″N 37°35′02″E / 48.73917°N 37.58389°E / 48.73917; 37.58389
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionKramatorsk Raion
HromadaKramatorsk urban hromada
Founded1868
City status since1932
Government
  HeadOleksandr Honcharenko
Area
  Total
117.1 km2 (45.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total
147,145
  Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
84300-84390
Area code+380 626(4)
Websitekrm.gov.ua

Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Краматорськ, pronounced [krɐmɐˈtɔrʲsʲk] ; Russian: Краматорск) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 2014, Kramatorsk has been the provisional seat of Donetsk Oblast, following the events surrounding the war in Donbas. Its population is 147,145 (2022 estimate). It is an important industrial and mechanical engineering center in Ukraine. Kramatorsk is on the banks of the Kazennyi Torets, a right tributary of the Siverskyi Donets.

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kramatorsk has been hit by Russian shelling multiple times.