Kramatorsk (Ukrainian: Краматорськ, Kramators'k) is a city in the eastern Ukraine within Donetsk Oblast. Its population about 200,000 people (arguably -including surrounding settlements under Kramatorsk City Council governing).
It is an important machinery building center of the region and Ukraine in general.
Kramatorsk currently has a population of over 173,700 inhabitants (2008) and has a metropolitan area of over 203,100 inhabitants (2004).
The Russian language is dominant in Kramatorsk, 63.4% of citizens speak Russian, 36.0 % speak Ukrainian.
According to 2001 population census the actual nationality structure of Kramatorsk is as follows: 1. Ukrainians: 70.2 % 2. Russians: 26.9 % 3. Belarusians: 0.7 % 4. Armenians: 0.6 % 5. Azerbaijanis: 0.2 % 6. Jews: 0.1%
The city grew from the small Village at the small Railway station, build in 1868 to modern pretty big city and the industrial center and transport nodal point.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.