Stanytsia Luhanska
Станиця Луганська
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| Coordinates: 48°40′14″N 39°28′20″E / 48.67056°N 39.47222°E / 48.67056; 39.47222 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province | Luhansk Oblast |
| District | Shchastia Raion |
| Hromada | Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada |
| Founded | 1688 |
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| • Total | 14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population
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| • Total | 12,258 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code |
93600-93609
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| Area code | +380 6472 |
Stanytsia Luhanska (Ukrainian: Станиця Луганська, romanized: Stanytsia Luhansʹka, lit. 'The stanitsa of Luhansk'; Russian: Станица Луганская, romanized: Stanitsa Luganskaya) is a rural settlement on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River in the Shchastia RaionofLuhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Residence of Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada. Population: 12,258 (2022 estimate)[1]. It is situated 20 km northeast of Luhansk. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the former Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion.
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.[2]
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in the Donbass region,[3][4] including Stanytsia Luhanska.[5]
On 2 July 2014 unspecified planes attacked the village and the village of Kondrashovka.[6] The Ukrainian army denied the airstrike and blamed the damage on faulty shelling by the separatists.[7] 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.[8]
On 21 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly were clearing Stanytsia Luhanska from the pro-Russian separatists.[5] The settlement remained under control of the Ukrainian authorities.[9] It became situated on the frontline with forces representing the Luhansk People's Republic and became regularly the victim of shelling.[10] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] On 26 February, the settlement was occupied by Russian Ground Forces as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[14]
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