Khrustalnyi
Khrustalny
Кришталевому | |
|---|---|
City | |
| Executive Committee building in Khrustalny Executive Committee building in Khrustalny | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Area | 15,356 km2 (5,929 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 269 m (883 ft) |
| Population | 82,765 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Khrustalny (Ukrainian: Красний Луч, Russian: Красный Луч) (Red Beam) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine, currently controlled by the Lugansk People's Republic.[1] It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 82,765 (2013 est.)[2].
History
The town was founded as Krindachyovka at the beginning of the 20th century, and renamed as Krasnyi Luch (lit. "red beam") in 1920. The city became one of the most important coal mining centres of the Donets Basin. The city was under German occupation from 1942 to 1944. The Jews were thrown in and killed with other categories of victims, such as the Communists, in the well of the Bogdan coal mine. Total number of victims was about 2,000.[3]
In order to comply with decommunization laws the city was renamed on 12 May 2016 by the Ukrainian parliament to Khrustalny.[4][5]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]
- Russian 87.8%
- Ukrainian 10.4%
- Armenian 0.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
People associated with Krasnyi Luch
On the right is a picture of the Wall of Honor. Such walls were installed in every oblast seat throughout the Soviet Union. With the dissolution of the Soviet state those landmarks were mostly removed, but in some instances were retained as the relics of the past.
Light heavyweight fighter Nikita Krylov originates from Krasnyi Luch.[7]
References
- ^ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ http://yahadmap.org/#village/krasnyi-luch-luhansk-ukraine.143
- ^ Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
- ^ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/342825.html
- ^ [1]
- ^ "I am Russian but competitor for Ukraine". m.sovsport.ru/. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
48°08′N 38°56′E / 48.133°N 38.933°E
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