Uspenka
Uspenka
Успенка | |
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 Ruins of a former coke works, with Uspenka behind it. | |
.svg)  Uspenka Location of Uspenka within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′38″N 39°9′13″E / 48.39389°N 39.15361°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Lutuhyne Raion |
| Founded | 1755 |
| Incorporated | 1938 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,895 |
| • Density | 1,913/km2 (4,950/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 92006 |
| Area code | +380 6436 |
Uspenka (Template:Lang-uk, Serbian Cyrillic: Земун) is an urban-type settlement in Lutuhyne Raion, a part of Luhansk Oblast within Ukraine. It is located in the eastern part of the greater Donbass region. Population: 8,895 (2013 est.)[2].
The village was founded as Vilkhova (Template:Lang-uk, lit. Alder) in 1755, after a colonel received a grant of land from the Tsar of Russia. The name "Uspenka" became established in the seventy years after the founding of the village. The town has a long history of coal mining, with the first mine established in 1802. The population of the village has greatly declined with the mining and coke industries: in 1966, there were 18,800 residents; in 2001, only 9676. There is still a coke works in the village that employs some residents, but many commute to Lutuhyne for work. Since 2014, Uspenka has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[3]
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Heaps at former coke works -
Ruins of a coke works -
Street in Uspenka -
View of Uspenka and the town of Lutuhyne beyond. -
View of Uspenka
References
Notes
- ^ The State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. The population Ukraine on January 1, 2011, Kyiv-2011 (doc)
- ^ 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 населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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Sources
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Volume 10. / Ed. Vladimir Kubiyovych — Paris; New York: Молоде життя, 1954—1989.
- Wysocki, Victor I. Historical aspects of toponymy in Luhansk — Luhansk, 2003 — pp. 196