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Yenakiieve (, Yenakiieve; , Yenakiyevo) is a city in the Donetsk Oblast ( province) of eastern Ukraine and is incorporated as a city of oblast significance, a special status within the region equal to that of a raion (district). The city is located on the Krynka River about from the oblast's administrative center, Donetsk. Population: .
Yenakiieve is an important regional centre of coal mining, metallurgy, chemical production and manufacturing. The city's outdated industry has caused accidents like that of a gas explosion which occurred in June 2008 at one of Yenakiieve's coal mines.
Yenakiieve was founded in 1898 when numerous workers settlements around the Peter's Iron and Steel Works were united into a single settlement named after Fyodor Yenakiyev. Its first coal mines were established already in 1883. The settlement was incorporated as a city in 1925.
In Yenakiieve located one of the oldest metallurgical factories of Ukraine - Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works
The city is known as the birthplace of the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.