Krasnyi Luch

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Krasnyi Luch
Красний Луч
City
Executive Committee building in Krasnyi Luch
Executive Committee building in Krasnyi Luch
Flag of Krasnyi Luch
Flag
Coat of arms of Krasnyi Luch
Coat of arms
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Luhansk Oblast
Founded 1895
Area 153,56 km2 (5,929 sq mi)
Elevation 269 m (883 ft)
Population 82,765
Krasnyi Luch wall of Honor to the Heroes of War and Labor

Krasnyi Luch (Ukrainian: Красний Луч, Russian: Красный Луч) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine, currently controlled by the Lugansk People's Republic. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. From Krasnyi Luch UFC light heavyweight fighter Nikita Krylov[1]

The current estimated population is (in 2005) 89,688 (as of 94,875, in 2001).[2]

History[edit]

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.

Demographics[edit]

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

People associated with Krasnyi Luch[edit]

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.

References[edit]

Coordinates: 48°08′N 38°56′E / 48.133°N 38.933°E / 48.133; 38.933