- Torez
Infobox City
settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
official_name = Torez
native_name = Торез
subdivision_name = Ukraine
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subdivision_type1 = Oblast
region_type_local = Rayon
subdivision_name1 = Donetsk
region_link = Donetsk Oblast
region_name_local = Shakhtarskyi raion
population_total = 72300
population_as_of =2001
area_total_km2 = 55.8
established_date = 1770s
established_title = Founded
elevation_m =
latd = 48| latm = 01
latNS = N
longd = 38
longm = 38
longEW = E
website = http://www.torez.info/
mayor = Viktor Mikhailovych AntonovTorez ( _uk. Торез; before 1964: "Chestyakove") is a city of oblast subordinance in
Donetsk Oblast ofUkraine . Population - 72,346 (2001). Most residents living here are working in the mine industry, although now declining. In1978 there were 97,000 residents in the city.The city was named after
french communist party leaderMaurice Thorez .External links
*ru icon [http://www.torez.info/ www.torez.info - popular unofficial city website]
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