Krasnodon

Krasnodon () or Sorokyne (; ) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sorokyne
Settlement.official_name: Sorokyne / Krasnodon
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: TYe Uhtcjrg.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Sorokyne skyline
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Krasnodon.svg
Settlement.image_shield: COA krasnodon.PNG
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Luhansk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dovzhansk Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Sorokyne urban hromada
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1914 as Sorokino
Settlement.established_title1: Renamed
Settlement.established_date1: 1938

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Сорокино
Population: 48026
Area: 77.33
Elevation: 171
Official website: krasnodon.su
Image: Krasnodon or Sorokyne night scene.jpg
Dialing code: 6435
Licence plate code: НВ / 13

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postal code: 94400
Commons category: Krasnodon
inception: 1914-00-00
native label: Краснодон
time of earliest written record: 1859-00-00

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Krasnodon () or Sorokyne (; ) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately

Krasnodon came under control of pro-Russian separatists in early 2014, and was incorporated into the Lugansk People's Republic (LNR). Since then, it has been continually controlled by the LNR, and since 2022, explicitly by Russia.