Shchastya
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| Shchastya Щастя (Ukrainian) |
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| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast | |
| Founded | 1754 | |
| City Status | 1963 | |
| Population (2001) | ||
| • Total | 13,770 | |
| Area code(s) | (+380) | |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 | |
Shchastya (Ukrainian: Ща́стя, Russian: Сча́стье Schastye) is a city of Novoaidar Raion in Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 13,770 (2001).
Just north of Shchastya, there is the Luhansk power station, a large powerplant built in the 1950s. The town of Shchastya is situated on the river Seversky Donets. During the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city became a key site of fighting.
In October of 2014, the city was transferred from the Luhansk city administration to Novoaidar Raion.
History[edit]
1754 - was founded village Shchastya
1953 - beginning of building Luhansk Thermal Electric Station.
1963 - Shchastya becomes town.
In 2014 Shchastya was controlled by the separatist Lugansk People's Republic from late April 2014 till the Ukrainian army retook the city on 14 June 2014.[1]
On 5 August 2014, a monument of Lenin Lenin was removed from the city of Shchastya.
Demographics[edit]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[2]
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Mertvy Donets River near Ščast´a
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Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 39°14′00″E / 48.7333°N 39.2333°E
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