Stanytsia Luhanska
Stanytsia Luhanska (Ukrainian: Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ†Ñ Ð›ÑƒÐ³Ð°Ð½Ñька) is an urban-type settlement on the banks of the Seversky Donets River in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 13,734 (2013 est.)[1]. Stanytsia Luhanska is one of two local foundations of the Don Cossacks in today's Ukraine and the administrative center of the Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion 20 km northeast of Luhansk.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Stanytsia Luhanska.[4] 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.[6]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]
- Russian 92.4%
- Ukrainian 6.2%
- Romani 0.2%
- Armenian 0.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
References
- ↑ "ЧиÑельніÑÑ‚ÑŒ наÑвного наÑÐµÐ»ÐµÐ½Ð½Ñ Ð£ÐºÑ€Ð°Ñ—Ð½Ð¸ (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
- ↑ http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
- ↑ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/fighting_continues_near_donetsk_luhansk_325524
- ↑ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/fighting_continues_near_donetsk_luhansk_325524
- ↑ Hard lines: Access issues deepen Ukraine aid crisis, IRIN (4 March 2016)
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Coordinates: 48°40′14″N 39°28′20″E / 48.67056°N 39.47222°E