Spartak, Donetsk Oblast

Spartak
Спартак
Spartak
Location of Spartak within Donetsk Oblast
Spartak
Spartak (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°5′2″N 37°46′3″E / 48.08389°N 37.76750°E / 48.08389; 37.76750
Country Ukraine (de jure)
 Russia (de facto)
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionDonetsk Raion
HromadaYasynuvata urban hromada
Founded1922
Area
  Total
15.24 km2 (5.88 sq mi)
Elevation
232 m (761 ft)
Population
  Total
1,956
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
86080
Area code+380 6236

Spartak (Ukrainian: Спартак; Russian: Спартак) is a village in Yasynuvata urban hromada, Donetsk Raion (district in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, at about 20 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city. Spartak borders from south-west with the Donetsk airfield.

From 1986 until 2003 the village was connected to the city Avdiivka by a tram line.

The War in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. Since then, the Spartak has been under the occupation of the Russian Donetsk People's Republic.