Dokuchaievsk (Ukrainian: Докучаєвськ, pronounced [dokʊˈt͡ʃɑjeu̯sʲk]) or Dokuchayevsk (Russian: Докучаевск) is a city in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.
Named in honor of Vasyl Dokuchaev, a natural scientist, founder of scientific genetic soil science and zonal agronomy.
It was originally founded as an urban-type settlement called Olenivski Kariery (Ukrainian: Оленівські Кар'єри).
It was founded in connection with the development of flux limestone and dolomite mining for Petrovsky and Yenakiieve Steel.
[4] On 13 January 2015, militants of the DPR's "Oplot" brigade from Dokuchaievsk shelled a checkpoint near Volnovakha, killing 11 civilians in a bus and injuring 17 others.