List of cities in Luhansk Oblast explained
There are 37 populated places in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто|misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament.[1] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance.[2] [3] [4] As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence, the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital Luhansk, with a population of 463,097 people, while the least populous city was Almazna, with a population of 5,061 people.[5] Almazna is also the most recent settlement to receive city status, having been granted the status by the Verkhovna Rada in 1977.[6]
From independence in 1991 until 2020, 14 cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining 23 cities were located in 18 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions.[7] [8] On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into eight new, expanded raions.[9] The eight raions that make up the oblast are Alchevsk, Dovzhansk, Luhansk, Rovenky, Shchastia, Sievierodonetsk, Starobilsk, and Svatove.[10] [11] After the enactment of decommunization laws, nine cities within the oblast were renamed in 2016 for their former names' connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union.[12] [13] The renamed cities are Bokovo-Khrustalne, Dovzhansk, Holubivka, Kadiivka, Khrustalnyi, Kypuche, Petrovo-Krasnosillia, Sorokyne, and Voznesenivka, which were previously named Vakhrusheve, Sverdlovsk, Kirovsk, Stakhanov, Krasnyi Luch, Artemivsk, Petrovske, Krasnodon, and Chervonopartyzansk, respectively.[14]
Following the Donbas war, pro-Russian separatist forces occupied all 25 cities located in the Alchevsk, Dovzhansk, Luhansk, and Rovenky raions by 2014. Additional cities were occupied by Russian troops after 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.[15] [16] Since the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Lysychansk on 3 July 2022, all cities in the oblast have been occupied by Russian forces.[17]
List of cities
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Notes and References
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- Web site: 26 October 2023 . uk:Закон України від 28.07.2023 р. № 3285-IX “Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України” . Law of Ukraine of 28.07.2023 № 3285-IX "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" . https://document.vobu.ua/doc/22325 . 20 May 2024 . document.vobu.ua . uk . 20 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520070843/https://document.vobu.ua/doc/22325 . live .
- Web site: uk:26 січня набрав чинності Закон "Про порядок вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою України" . On January 26, the Law "On the Procedure for Resolving Certain Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Ukraine" came into force . https://jurliga.ligazakon.net/news/225200_26-schnya-nabrav-chinnost-zakon-pro-poryadok-virshennya-okremikh-pitan-admnstrativno-teritoralnogo-ustroyu-ukrani . 20 May 2024 . jurliga.ligazakon.net . 14 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240314222629/https://jurliga.ligazakon.net/news/225200_26-schnya-nabrav-chinnost-zakon-pro-poryadok-virshennya-okremikh-pitan-admnstrativno-teritoralnogo-ustroyu-ukrani . live .
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- Web site: . uk:Кількість адміністративно-територіальних одиниць за регіонами України на 1 січня 2016 року* . Number of administrative-territorial units by regions of Ukraine as of 1 January 2016* . https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm . 21 June 2024 . ukrstat.gov.ua . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202059/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2016/ds/ator/ator2016_u.htm . live .
- Web site: 16 October 1997 . uk:Про адміністративно-територіальний устрій України (Повторний розгляд з пропозиціями (вето) Президента України) . On the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine (Reconsideration with proposals (Veto) of the President of Ukraine) . https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 . 7 July 2024 . . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/pt/reports.leftcol?ptid=1682 . live .
- Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Про утворення та ліквідацію районів . On the formation and liquidation of districts . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text . 21 June 2024 . . uk . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708202100/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-20/ed20200717#Text#Text . live .
- Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:У Луганській області передбачено утворити 8 районів, – Постанова Верховної Ради України . 8 districts are to be formed in Luhansk oblast - Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . https://loga.gov.ua/oda/press/news/u_luganskiy_oblasti_peredbacheno_utvoriti_8_rayoniv_postanova_verhovnoyi_radi . 11 June 2024 . loga.gov.ua . 27 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527155916/http://loga.gov.ua/oda/press/news/u_luganskiy_oblasti_peredbacheno_utvoriti_8_rayoniv_postanova_verhovnoyi_radi . live .
- Web site: 17 July 2020 . uk:Прийнято Постанову "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів" . The Resolution "On Formation and Liquidation of Districts" was adopted . https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html . 21 June 2024 . . uk . 5 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805131001/https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Novyny/196122.html . live .
- Web site: 27 July 2023 . uk:Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного (нацистського) тоталітарних режимів в Україні та заборону пропаганди їхньої символіки . On the condemnation of communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbols . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/317-19 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526024226/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/317-19#Text . 26 May 2024 . 20 May 2024 . . uk.
- Web site: 27 December 2016 . uk:Понад 50 тисяч вулиць змінили назви впродовж 2016 року . Over 50 thousand streets changed their names in 2016 . https://www.kmu.gov.ua/news/249624004 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212857/https://www.kmu.gov.ua/news/249624004 . 20 May 2024 . 20 May 2024 . www.kmu.gov.ua . uk.
- Web site: uk:Перейменування окремих міст та районів, перейменованих відповідно до Закону України «Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного (нацистського) тоталітарних режимів в Україні та заборону пропаганди їхньої символіки» . Renaming of certain cities and districts, renamed in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Condemnation of Communist and National Socialist (Nazi) Totalitarian Regimes in Ukraine and Prohibition of Propaganda of Their Symbols" . https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%A3_28_08.pdf . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212852/https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%A3_28_08.pdf . 20 May 2024 . 20 May 2024 . land.gov.ua.
- Web site: uk:Про затвердження Переліку територій, на яких ведуться (велися) бойові дії або тимчасово окупованих Російською Федерацією . On Approval of the List of Territories in which Military Operations are Conducted (Were Conducted) or Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation . https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 . 20 May 2024 . ips.ligazakon.net . 23 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240523220315/https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 . live .
- Web site: uk:Хронологія широкомасштабного вторгнення: АрміяInform про головні події за два роки . Timeline of the large-scale invasion: ArmyInform on the main events of the last two years . https://armyinform.com.ua/2024/02/24/hronologiya-shyrokomasshtabnogo-vtorgnennya-armiyainform-pro-golovni-podiyi-za-dva-roky/ . 20 May 2024 . armyinform.com.ua . uk . 20 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240520212857/https://armyinform.com.ua/2024/02/24/hronologiya-shyrokomasshtabnogo-vtorgnennya-armiyainform-pro-golovni-podiyi-za-dva-roky/ . live .
- Web site: 3 July 2022 . Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured . 12 June 2024 . . en . 19 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719224859/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/3/russia-claims-capture-of-lysychansk-luhansk-region-ukraine . live .