Pryvillia
Pryvillia
Привілля(in Ukrainian) | |
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Main square of Pryvillia | |
Coordinates:49°00′N38°18′E/ 49°N 38.3°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Sievierodonetsk urban hromada |
Hromada | Lysychansk urban hromada |
Founded | 1695 |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 6,520 |
Area code | (+380) |
Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
Climate | Dfb |
Pryvillia(Ukrainian:Привілля,Russian:Приволье) is a city inLysychansk urban hromada,Luhansk Oblast(region) ofUkraine.Population:6,520 (2022 estimate).[1]
Geography
[edit]Pryvillia is situated on steep slopes along the right bank of theSiverskyi Donets River.
History
[edit]On 7 May 2022, Russian forces shelled the city during the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Two teenage boys, aged 11 and 14 respectively, were killed.[2]Russian forces crossed theSiverskyi Donetsriver and captured the city sometime between 28 June and 1 July.[3][4][5]
In the beginning of August, theBellingcatgroup reported that the earlier published videos of mutilation and subsequent murder of an unidentified Ukrainian soldier by Russian paramilitaries were geolocated to the Pryvillia Sanatorium, located in Pryvillia.[6]
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic groups according to the2001 Ukrainian census:[7]
Native language as of theUkrainian Census of 2001:[8]
References
[edit]- ^Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022[Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022](PDF)(in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv:State Statistics Service of Ukraine.Archived(PDF)from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^"Russia bombs school in Ukraine village, dozens feared dead - National | Globalnews.ca".Global News.Retrieved2022-05-20.
- ^"Источник: город Приволье, где ВСУ оборудовали опорный пункт, перешел под контроль ЛНР".tass.ru(in Russian). 30 June 2022.Retrieved2022-06-29.
- ^Цензор.НЕТ (2 July 2022)."Противник глибоко просунувся та захопив частину міста Лисичанськ".Цензор.НЕТ(in Ukrainian).Retrieved2022-07-02.
- ^"RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 2".Institute for the Study of War.2 July 2022.Retrieved2022-07-02.
- ^"Tracking the Faceless Killers who Mutilated and Executed a Ukrainian POW".Bellingcat. 5 August 2022.
- ^https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities[bare URL]
- ^"Home".ukrcensus.gov.ua.