Mariia, Ukraine Explained

Mariia
Native Name:Марія
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1896
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1032
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Luhansk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Lenina within Luhansk Oblast#Location of Lenina within Ukraine
Coordinates:48.4253°N 39.1497°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:92021
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 6436
Elevation M:184
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Luhansk Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Lutuhyne urban hromada

Mariia (Ukrainian: Марія; Russian: Ленина) is a rural settlement in Lutuhyne urban hromada, Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Population:

History

In spring 2014, during the war in Donbas, Lenina, along with all other settlements in what was then Lutuhyne Raion, was taken over by the Luhansk People's Republic, an unrecognized breakaway state widely described as a puppet state of Russia.[2]

In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, Lenina was officially renamed by the Ukrainian government to Mariia.[3]

Demographics

The estimate of the town's population as of 2022 is 1,032 people.

Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lenina (Luhansk Oblast). weather.in.ua. 12 June 2022.
  2. News: Кабмин назвал города Донбасса, подконтрольные сепаратистам . ru . 2023-11-06.
  3. Web site: Сельская декоммунизация: Какие населенные пункты переименовала Рада. 112ua.tv. 2016-08-15.
  4. http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua