Stanytsia Luhanska
Stanytsia Luhanska (Ukrainian: Станиця Луганська, romanized: Stanytsia Luhansʹka, lit. 'The village of Luhansk'; Russian: Станица Луганская, romanized: Stanitsa Luganskaya) is an urban-type settlement on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River in the Shchastia Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 12,258 (2022 estimate)[1]. It is situated 20 km northeast of Luhansk. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the former Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion.
Stanytsia Luhanska
Станиця Луганська | |
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  Stanytsia Luhanska Location in Luhansk Oblast  Stanytsia Luhanska Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°40′14″N 39°28′20″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Shchastia Raion |
| 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 |
History
Stanytsia Luhanska is one of two local foundations of the Don Cossacks in today's Ukraine.
During World War II, in 1942–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the settlement.[2]
Russo-Ukrainian war
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured 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] The Ukrainian army denied 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 the Luhansk People's Republic and became regularly the victim of shelling.[10] An early 2017 agreement between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbass on the disengagement of forces in Stanytsia Luhanska failed to materialise.[10][11] On 17 February 2022, the rebels shelled the town and a missile hit a school, injuring 3 people. They also left half of the town without electricity.[12] On 26 February, the settlement was occupied by Russian Ground Forces as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[14]
- Russian 92.4%
- Ukrainian 6.2%
- Romani 0.2%
- Armenian 0.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
References
- 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). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- 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".
- "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)
- Read more on UNIAN: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. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- "SPRAVDI". Telegram. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
