Pryvillia (Ukrainian: Привілля, Russian: Приволье) is a city in Lysychansk urban hromada, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 6,520 (2022 estimate).[1]
Pryvillia
Привілля (in Ukrainian)
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Main square of Pryvillia
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Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 49°00′N 38°18′E / 49°N 38.3°E / 49; 38.3 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Sievierodonetsk urban hromada |
| Hromada | Lysychansk urban hromada |
| Founded | 1695 |
| Population
(2022)
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| • Total | 6,520 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Pryvillia is situated on steep slopes along the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River.
On 7 May 2022, Russian forces shelled the city during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Two teenage boys, aged 11 and 14 respectively, were killed.[2] Russian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets river and captured the city sometime between 28 June and 1 July.[3][4][5]
In the beginning of August, the Bellingcat group reported that the earlier published videos of mutilation and subsequent murder of an unidentified Ukrainian soldier by Russian paramilitaries were geolocated to the Pryvillia Sanatorium, located in Pryvillia.[6]
Ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]
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Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]
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