Stakhanov, Ukraine

Stakhanov Стаханов
City of regional significance
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Stakhanov
Stakhanov
Coordinates: UA 48°34′05″N 38°39′31″E / 48.56806°N 38.65861°ECoordinates: UA 48°34′05″N 38°39′31″E / 48.56806°N 38.65861°E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Luhansk Oblast
Population [1]
• Total	122,300

The Mir Cinema in Stakhanov.

Stakhanov (Ukrainian: Стаханoв; Russian: Стаханoв) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. The city is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 77,593 (2013 est.)^[2].

History

The city is named after the famous Soviet miner Alexey Stakhanov, who started his career there. From 1937 to 1940 the city was named Sergo (Ukrainian: Серго), and before 1937 and from 1940 to 1978 the city was known as Kadievka (Russian: Кадиевка), or Ukrainian Kadiyivka (Ukrainian: Кадіївка). A labor camp for German prisoners of war was established at Stakhanov during the Second World War.

The city's economy depends on a railway car building works, ferroalloy plant and coal mines.

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;^[3][4] they took over Stakhanov on 2 May 2014.^[5][6] On 22 July 2014 a rally was held that demanded that the pro-Russian separatists should leave the town.^[7]

According to reports on September 16 2014, the city, which had been occupied by Lugansk People's Republic-affiliated Don Cossacks, seceded from the LPR on 14 September.^[8] It was said Don Cossacks there proclaimed the Republic of Stakhanov, and that a "Cossack government" now ruled in Stakhanov.^[9][8] However the following day this was claimed to be a fabrication, and an unnamed Don Cossack leader stated the September 14 meeting had, in fact, resulted in 12,000 Cossacks volunteering to join the LPR forces.^[10]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[11]

• Russian 85.3%
• Ukrainian 13.0%
• Belarusian 0.1%
• Armenian 0.1%

City municipality

Stakhanov Municipality also includes two other cities.

• Almazna
• Irmino

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Stakhanov include:

• Grisha Filipov (1919–1994), Bulgarian politician

References

2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
3. Ragozin, Leonid (2014-04-16). "Putin Is Accidentally Helping Unite Eastern and Western Ukraine". New Republic. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
4. "TASS: World - Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". En.itar-tass.com. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
5. Анастасия Баранова (2014-05-02). "In Stakhanov the armed extremists occupied premises of the Executive Committee of the City Soviet of People's Deputies, requirements yet don't put forward". News.pn. 46.975033;31.994583. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
6. Анастасия Баранова (2014-05-01). "In Stakhanov deputies of the City Council broke attempt of the mayor and separatists to appoint a referendum". News.pn. 46.975033;31.994583. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
7. Роман Свиридов (2014-07-23). "In Stakhanov locals demanded from terrorists immediately to leave the city". News.pn. 46.975033;31.994583. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
8. "Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 16 September 2014" (Press release). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
9. "Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 15 September 2014" (Press release). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
10. "Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 September 2014" (Press release). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
11. "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2016-04-07.