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The current estimated population is 120,000 (as of 2004). Alchevsk is one of the largest industrial centers in the Donbas, and comprises a quarter of the entire oblast's production. The city economy depends on OJSC "Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works" and "Alchevsk Coke-Chemical Plant" companies. The city was known as Voroshylovsk ( ) from 1931 to 1961, and then Komunarsk ( ) until 1991. |