Krasnodon
48°18′N 39°44′E / 48.300°N 39.733°E
Krasnodon
Краснодон | |
|---|---|
 Krasnodon skyline | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country Oblast |  Ukraine Luhansk Oblast |
| Founded | 1914 as Sorokino |
| Renamed | 1938 as Krasnodon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yuri Borisovich Baklagov [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.33 km2 (29.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 44,283 |
| Postal code | 94400 |
| Area code | +380 6435 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | http://krasnodon.org.ua/ |
Krasnodon (Ukrainian, Russian: Краснодон) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Krasnodon Raion (district), though it does not belong to the raion. Population: 44,283 (2013 est.)[2].
Population of Krasnodon in 1972 was 70,400, in 1989 it was around 53,000, in 2001 it was 49,921.[3]
History
Krasnodon was established in 1914 along the banks of the Velyka Kamyanka, a tributary of the Seversky Donets River, as the settlement of Sorokino.[citation needed] It soon became one of the centers of the coal mining industry of the Donbass region.[citation needed] By the Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on 28 October 1938 it was renamed to Krasnodon.[citation needed]
During the German-Soviet War, Krasnodon was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 20, 1942 to February 14, 1943.[citation needed] The Soviet Komsomol organization resistance Young Guard operated in the city from October 1942 to January 1943, when most of its members were arrested and executed.[citation needed] The Young Guard are commemorated with monuments and a memorial complex in Krasnodon.[citation needed]
Since 2014, Krasnodon has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities.[4] NATO released satellite data from 21 August 2014 and claimed it showed a large column of armoured vehicles crossing into Ukraine from Russia through Krasnodon.[5]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]
- Russian 90.75%
- Ukrainian 8.46%
- Romani 0.17%
- Armenian 0.15%
- Belarusian 0.12%
Gallery
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Bolshaya Kamenka River in Krasnodon -
Grieving mother monument
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Krasnodon Coal Company -
A trolleybus in Krasnodon
See also
External links
References
- ^ Городской голова (in Russian). Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Численность и состав населения Украины (in Russian). ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New Satellite Imagery Exposes Russian Combat Troops Inside Ukraine". 28 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ [1]
