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The city is located in 66 km East of Donetsk, the regional capital.
Founded in 1778.
Population - 56,993 (2014).
Originally known as Chystiakove (Ukrainian - Чистякове, Russian - Чистяково), it was renamed in 1964 to Torez (Торез) - in honor of the French Communist leader Maurice Thorez, who had died this 1964 year.
In 2016 the city returned back its historical name Chystiakove.
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