Stanytsia Luhanska Explained

Stanytsia Luhanska
Native Name:Станиця Луганська
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1688
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:14.6
Population Total:12258
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 Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Luhansk Oblast##Location in Ukraine
Coordinates:48.6706°N 39.4722°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:93600-93609
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 6472
Elevation M:40
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Luhansk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shchastia Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada

Stanytsia Luhanska (Ukrainian: Станиця Луганська|lit=The [[stanitsa]] of Luhansk; Russian: link=yes|Станица Луганская|translit=Stanitsa Luganskaya) is a rural settlement on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River in the Shchastia Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Residence of Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada. Population: . It is situated 20 km northeast of Luhansk. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the former Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion.

History

Stanytsia Luhanska is one of two local foundations of the Don Cossacks in today's Ukraine.

During World War II, in 1942–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the settlement.[1]

Russo-Ukrainian war

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in the Donbass region,[2] [3] including Stanytsia Luhanska.[4]

On 2 July 2014 unspecified planes attacked the village and the village of Kondrashovka.[5] The Ukrainian army denied the airstrike and blamed the damage on faulty shelling by the separatists.[6] There is also a version that the air strike was caused by a Russian aircraft in order to discredit the Ukrainian army by accusing it of bombing residential areas.[7]

On 21 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly were clearing Stanytsia Luhanska from the pro-Russian separatists.[4] The settlement remained under control of the Ukrainian authorities.[8] It became situated on the frontline with forces representing the Luhansk People's Republic and became regularly the victim of shelling.[9] An early 2017 agreement between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces of the war in Donbass on the disengagement of forces in Stanytsia Luhanska failed to materialise.[9] [10] On 17 February 2022, the rebels shelled the town and a missile hit a school, injuring 3 people. They also left half of the town without electricity.[11] On 26 February, the settlement was occupied by Russian Ground Forces as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[13]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gefängnis Stanycno-Lugans'ke. Bundesarchiv.de. 27 December 2022. de.
  2. Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together. The New Republic. 16 April 2014. Ragozin. Leonid.
  3. Web site: Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service.
  4. Web site: Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency.
  5. Web site: Районная власть Станицы-Луганской сообщила о последствиях и жертвах сегодняшнего обстрела.
  6. Web site: Військові заявляють, що літаки АТО над Станицею Луганського взагалі не літали.
  7. Web site: Самолеты, которые бомбили Станицу Луганскую, прилетели со стороны России, - журналист.
  8. https://www.irinnews.org/news/2016/03/04/hard-lines-access-issues-deepen-ukraine-aid-crisis Hard lines: Access issues deepen Ukraine aid crisis
  9. Read more on UNIAN:ATO HQ doubts disengagement in Stanytsia Luhanska soon (22-01-2017)
  10. http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/462754.html Disengagement of forces in Donbas stalled
  11. Web site: 2022-02-17. Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine. 2022-02-23. the Guardian. en.
  12. Web site: SPRAVDI. 2022-02-26. Telegram.
  13. Web site: Home . ukrcensus.gov.ua.