Luhansk

Also known as Lugansk

Luhansk (, ; , ), also known as Lugansk (, ; , ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the population was estimated to be making Luhansk the 12th-largest city in Ukraine.

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Luhansk is a major city in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, historically ranking as the 12th-largest city in the country. It matters because of its strategic location in a region that has been central to recent geopolitical tensions involving Ukraine and Russia.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Luhansk
Settlement.other_name: Lugansk
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.caption: Park of the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War, Museum of local history, Academic Russian Drama Theatre, Radianska Street, and Luhanskteplovoz steam locomotive
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Luhansk.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Luhansk.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Luhansk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Luhansk Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Luhansk urban hromada
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1795
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor (LPR)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 269.61

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: posyolok
Named after: Luhan River
Official name: Луганськ
Demonym: луганчанин
Award: Order of the October Revolution
Country: Russia
Located in: Donetsk Oblast
Official language: Russian
Population: 403938
Area: 257
Elevation: 105
Time zone: Eastern European Time
Capital of: Donetsk Governorate
Official website: gorod-lugansk.ru
Image: Музей истории Луганска.jpg
Dialing code: 642
Licence plate code: НВ / 13
Significant event: Siege of the Luhansk Border Base

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twinned administrative body: Moscow
Commons category: Luhansk
topic's main category: Category:Luhansk
category for people born here: Category:Births in Luhansk
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Luhansk
postal code: 291001–291479
category of associated people: Category:People from Luhansk
Commons gallery: Луганськ
inception: 1795-00-00
native label: Луганськ
partnership with: Voronezh
time of earliest written record: 1740-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Founding and early history
In the Soviet Union
Ukrainian independence
Russo–Ukrainian War
Geography
Climate
Administrative divisions
Symbols
Education
Demographics
Sport
Culture
Merheleva Ridge
Notable people
Sport
International relations
Gallery
See also
References
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Luhansk (, ; , ), also known as Lugansk (, ; , ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the population was estimated to be making Luhansk the 12th-largest city in Ukraine.

Luhansk served as the administrative center of Luhansk Oblast, before pro-Russian separatists seized control of the city in 2014 and made it the capital of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. The Ukrainian administration was located in Sievierodonetsk from 2014 to 2022 during the war in Donbas, due to Ukraine not being in control of Luhansk. Sievierodonetsk was captured by Russia in 2022 and Luhansk Oblast was later annexed by Russia in late 2022.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luhansk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.