Novopskov | |
Native Name: | Новопсков |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Luhansk Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Luhansk Oblast##Location in Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 49.5383°N 39.1019°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Starobilsk Raion |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 9392 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Novopskov settlement hromada |
Novopskov (Ukrainian and Russian:) is a rural settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Aidar, a left tributary of the Donets, in the basin of the Don. Population: Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the former Novopskov Raion.
Bilokurakyne is connected by road with Starobilsk where it has further access to Highway H26 ro Svatove and Bilovodsk, as well as to Highway H21 to Luhansk. However, the section between Shchastia and Luhansk is controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic, and free movement from Shchastia to Luhansk is impossible.
The closest railway station is in Starobilsk, on a railway line which is currently disconnected from the rest of the railway network in Ukraine. To the south, it extends to Kondrashivska Nova, in Stanytsia Luhanska, and to the north it crosses the border to Russia, and further runs to Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast.
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 9,952. The linguistic composition was as follows:[1]