Stanytsia Luhanska (Ukrainian: Станиця Луганська, lit. 'The stanitsa of Luhansk'; Russian: Станица Луганская, romanized: Stanitsa Luganskaya) is a rural settlement on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River in the Shchastia Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Residence of Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada. 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.

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

War damage in 2016

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]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Gefängnis Stanycno-Lugans'ke". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
  4. ^ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
  5. ^ a b "Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency".
  6. ^ "Районная власть Станицы-Луганской сообщила о последствиях и жертвах сегодняшнего обстрела".
  7. ^ "Військові заявляють, що літаки АТО над Станицею Луганського взагалі не літали".
  8. ^ "Самолеты, которые бомбили Станицу Луганскую, прилетели со стороны России, - журналист".
  9. ^ Hard lines: Access issues deepen Ukraine aid crisis, IRIN (4 March 2016)
  10. ^ a b Read more on UNIAN:ATO HQ doubts disengagement in Stanytsia Luhanska soon (22-01-2017)
  11. ^ Disengagement of forces in Donbas stalled, Interfax-Ukraine (17.11.2017)
  12. ^ "Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine". the Guardian. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  13. ^ "SPRAVDI". Telegram. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.


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