Druzhkivka

Druzhkivka is a city of oblast importance in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The region of the city is 46 km². Druzhkivka is a metropolis positioned near the confluence of the Kryvyi Torets and Kazennyi Torets rivers, approximately 80 km to the North East from the regional middle Donetsk. Historical statistics indicate that a settlement named Druzhkivka turned into set up in this vicinity with the aid of 1781 A.D. From the overdue 19^th through the 20^th century, Druzhkivka grew into a mid-size industrial town with numerous large factories producing mining gadget and equipment, hardware, kitchen stoves, china tableware and bricks, in addition to several clay extracting quarries within the town's area.

The economic fall apart that resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Union resulted inside the fast decline of local industries, with factories remaining or barely functioning a condition that led to excessive unemployment and a population exodus. This changed into exacerbated with the aid of the reality that many former citizens got here to the metropolis from all across the Soviet Union entirely to get employment within the once booming industries. When the jobs disappeared, plenty of them moved away.