| Krynychanske | |
| Native Name: | Криничанське |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1948 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 1,323 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Luhansk Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chervonohvardiiske |
| Coordinates: | 48.5947°N 38.7542°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 93892 |
| Area Code: | +380 6446 |
| Elevation M: | 283 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alchevsk Raion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kadiivka urban hromada |
Krynychanske or Chervonohvardiiske is a rural settlement in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Population:
Chervonohvardiiske is located 13km (08miles) from Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast, and 10km (10miles) from the railway station at Sentianivka.
The settlement was founded as Krynychanske in 1948 in connection with the "Krynychanska-Pivdenna" coal mine. It was subordinated to the nearby city Kirovsk. In 1953, Krynychanske was renamed to Krasnohvardeisk. In 1965, it was renamed again, to Chervonohvardiiske.[2]
During the war in Donbas, Chervonohvardiiske was taken over by the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), an unrecognized breakaway state widely described as a Russian puppet state.[3] In 2016, though it was still occupied by the LPR, the city was renamed Krynychanske by the Ukrainian government as part of decommunization in Ukraine.[4] [3]
On 12 June 2020, in accordance with nationwide administrative reforms, Krynychanske, along with all other settlements subordinated to the Kirovsk city council, was nominally assigned to Kadiivka urban hromada by the Ukrainian government.[5] On 17 July the same year, Kadiivka urban hromada was reassigned to the newly created Alchevsk Raion.[6]
According to official Soviet-era sources, the average daily output of the Krynychanska-Pivdenna coal mine, located in the town, was 650 tons of coal. The Luhansk Winery is also located in the town.[2]