Stanytsia Luhanska
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Stanytsia Luhanska (Ukrainian: Станиця Луганська) is an urban-type settlement on the banks of the Seversky Donets River in the Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population 12,765 inhabitants (2013).[1] Stanytsia Luhanska is one of two local foundations of the Don Cossacks in today's Ukraine and the administrative center of the Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion 20 km northeast of Luhansk.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Stanytsia Luhanska.[4] On 21 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly were clearing Stanytsia Luhanska from the pro-Russian separatists.[5]
Demographics[edit]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]
- Russian 92.4%
- Ukrainian 6.2%
- Romani 0.2%
- Armenian 0.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
References[edit]
- ^ Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року, Київ-2011 (doc)
- ^ http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
- ^ http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
- ^ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/fighting_continues_near_donetsk_luhansk_325524
- ^ http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/fighting_continues_near_donetsk_luhansk_325524
- ^ [1]
Coordinates: 48°40′14″N 39°28′20″E / 48.67056°N 39.47222°E
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