Stanytsia Luhanska
Stanytsia Luhanska
Станиця Луганська | |
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  Stanytsia Luhanska Location inLuhansk Oblast  Stanytsia Luhanska Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates:48°40′14″N39°28′20″E/ 48.67056°N 39.47222°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province | Luhansk Oblast |
| District | Shchastia Raion |
| Hromada | Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada |
| Founded | 1688 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.6 km2(5.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 12,258 |
| • Density | 840/km2(2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| Postal code | 93600-93609 |
| Area code | +380 6472 |
Stanytsia Luhanska(Ukrainian:Станиця Луганська,lit. 'Thestanitsaof Luhansk';Russian:Станица Луганская,romanized:Stanitsa Luganskaya) is arural settlementon the banks of theSiverskyi Donets Riverin theShchastia RaionofLuhansk Oblastin easternUkraine.Residence ofStanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada.Population:12,258 (2022 estimate)[1].It is situated 20 km northeast ofLuhansk.Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the formerStanytsia-Luhanska Raion.
History[edit]
Stanytsia Luhanska is one of two local foundations of theDon Cossacksin today's Ukraine.
DuringWorld War II,in 1942–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the settlement.[2]
Russo-Ukrainian war[edit]
Starting Mid-April 2014pro-Russian separatistscaptured several towns in the Donbass region,[3][4]including Stanytsia Luhanska.[5]
On 2 July 2014 unspecified planes attacked the village and the village of Kondrashovka.[6]TheUkrainian armydenied the airstrike and blamed the damage on faulty shelling by the separatists.[7]There is also a version that the air strike was caused by a Russian aircraft in order to discredit the Ukrainian army by accusing it of bombing residential areas.[8]
On 21 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly were clearing Stanytsia Luhanska from the pro-Russian separatists.[5]The settlement remained under control of the Ukrainian authorities.[9]It became situated on the frontline with forces representing theLuhansk People's Republicand became regularly the victim of shelling.[10]An early 2017 agreement between theUkrainian armyand theseparatist forces of the war in Donbasson the disengagement of forces in Stanytsia Luhanska failed to materialise.[10][11]On 17 February 2022, the rebels shelled the town anda missile hit a school,injuring 3 people. They also left half of the town without electricity.[12]On 26 February, the settlement was occupied byRussian Ground Forcesas part of the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
Demographics[edit]
Native language as of theUkrainian Census of 2001:[14]
- Russian92.4%
- Ukrainian6.2%
- Romani0.2%
- Armenian0.2%
- Belarusian0.1%
Notable people[edit]
- Oleksandr Pielieshenko(1994-2024), Ukrainian weightlifter
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.
- ^"Gefängnis Stanycno-Lugans'ke".Bundesarchiv.de(in German).Retrieved27 December2022.
- ^Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014)."Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together".The New Republic.
- ^"Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
- ^ab"Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency".
- ^"Районная власть Станицы-Луганской сообщила о последствиях и жертвах сегодняшнего обстрела".
- ^"Військові заявляють, що літаки АТО над Станицею Луганського взагалі не літали".
- ^"Самолеты, которые бомбили Станицу Луганскую, прилетели со стороны России, - журналист".
- ^Hard lines: Access issues deepen Ukraine aid crisis,IRIN(4 March 2016)
- ^abRead more onUNIAN:ATO HQ doubts disengagement in Stanytsia Luhanska soon(22-01-2017)
- ^Disengagement of forces in Donbas stalled,Interfax-Ukraine(17.11.2017)
- ^"Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine".the Guardian.17 February 2022.Retrieved23 February2022.
- ^"SPRAVDI".Telegram.Retrieved26 February2022.
- ^"Home".ukrcensus.gov.ua.
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