Lozova Explained

Official Name:	Lozova
Native Name:	Ukrainian: Лозова
Other Name:	Russian: Лозовая
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine
Coordinates:	48.8833°N 59°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Name1:	Kharkiv Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Lozova Raion
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Serhiy Zelensky^[1]
Established Title:	Founded
Established Date:	1869
Area Total Km2:	18,1
Population As Of:	2022
Population Total:	53126
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	61135—61166
Area Code:	+38 05745
Pushpin Relief:	y
Module:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 12 Stroke-Width: 1
Subdivision Type3:	Hromada
Subdivision Name3:	Lozova urban hromada

Lozova (Ukrainian: Лозова, pronounced as /uk/) or Lozovaya (Russian: Лозовая) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Lozova Raion. Lozova hosts the administration of Lozova urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] Population:

Lozova is the 2nd largest city in Kharkiv Oblast after Kharkiv in terms of population.

History

Lozova was founded in the late 1860s as a settlement in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.^{[3] [4]}

During the Russian Civil War, it was occupied by German troops from April 1918 until November 1918.

A local newspaper has been published in Lozova since August 1929.^[5]

During World War II, it was under German occupation from 11 October 1941 to 16 September 1943.

After its liberation, the city was completely restored. In 1953, there were four high schools, two libraries, one House of Culture, and one stadium.^[6]

In 1972, the population was 38,800 people.

In January 1989, the population was 72,991 people.^{[7] [8]}

The city was evacuated on 27 August 2008 due to a fire in an arsenal. However, there were no serious casualties or deaths.

In January 2013, the population was 58,307 people.^[9]

Until 18 July 2020, Lozova was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of the Lozova Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Lozova Municipality was merged into Lozova Raion.^{[10] [11]}

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia started an invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Lozova has come under attack several times since the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine as it is one of the main railway hubs and a city of strategic significance.

• On 24 February 2022 at 5:52 am, a radar station located in the south of the city near Avilovka raion was hit by three Russian missiles which saw the devastation of the radar station and a gas transit station nearby.

• On 20 May 2022, a Russian missile system fired three rockets, according to Ukrainian sources; two of them were anticipated by the Ukrainian anti-rocket system but the third one hit the city's Cultural Centre.^{[12] [13]} According to the ministry of emergency affairs of Ukraine, 11 people were injured but no one died (however, an 11-year-old girl was among those severely injured). Russian authorities made no comment but on some unofficial Twitter handles of pro-Russian forces, it was claimed that the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Brigade was hiding in the Cultural House building.

Geography

Climate

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the city had a population of 64,627. The ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:^{[14] [15]}

Transport

See main article: Lozova Railway station. Lozova is a main rail hub within the Kharkiv Oblast.

Notable people

• Leonid Skirko, Canadian bass-baritone opera singer of Ukrainian origin
• Anatol Rapoport, Jewish American mathematical psychologist^[16]
• Oleksandr Hladkyi, Ukrainian football player
• Vitaliy Zotov, Ukrainian basketball player

External links

• • InfoPort — Information-entertaining portal of Lozova

Notes and References

1. Web site: Український тиждень, Тиждень.ua. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009114937/https://m.tyzhden.ua/publication/249674 . 2021-10-09 .
2. Web site: Лозовская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . ru.
3. Лозовая // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 14. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
4. Лозовая // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 17. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2011. стр.756
5. № 3158. Советское слово // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.413
6. Лозовая // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 25. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1954. стр.359
7. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
8. Лозовая // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.724
9. http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.96
10. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
11. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . 17 July 2020 . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
12. Web site: Ракетный удар России по Лозовой – тылу в Харьковской области: есть раненые . 20 May 2022 .
13. News: BREAKING: Huge Russian missile strike destroys historical building in Lozova, Kharkiv . . Matthew . Roscoe . 2022-05-20 . 2022-05-21.
14. Web site: Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України .
15. Web site: Національний склад міст - Datatowel.in.ua .
16. Book: Rapoport. Anatol. Conceptions of World Order: Building Peace in the Third Millennium. Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. 23 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150529071158/http://scar.gmu.edu/op_12_rapoport.pdf. 29 May 2015.