About Krasnoarmeysk

Krasnoarmeysk is a city in Donetsk oblast (province), eastern Ukraine. It is an old coal-mining centre of the Donets Basin coalfield, and mining began there in 1884. Krasnoarmiysk also has a railway-servicing industry and a construction-materials industry. It is the centre of a significant agricultural area. Pop. (1998 est.) 70,600.