Stanytsia Luhanska
{{short description|Urban locality in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Stanytsia Luhanska
| native_name = Станиця Луганська
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Rural settlement
| image_flag = Stanica luganska prapor.gif
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Stanica luganska gerb.gif
| image_skyline = Stanycia-2016-08-23 02.jpg
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1688
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 14.6
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| population_note =
| population_total = 12258
| population_footnotes =
| 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 = {{coord|48|40|14|N|39|28|20|E|display=inline,title}}
| 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_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Luhansk Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Shchastia Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada
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Stanytsia Luhanska ({{langx|uk|Станиця Луганська|lit=The stanitsa of Luhansk}}; {{langx|ru|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: {{Ua-pop-est2022|12,258}}. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=796|title=Gefängnis Stanycno-Lugans'ke|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=27 December 2022|language=de}}
=Russo-Ukrainian war=
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in the Donbass region,{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine|title=Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together|magazine=The New Republic|date=16 April 2014|last1=Ragozin|first1=Leonid}}{{Cite web|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082|title=Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service}} including Stanytsia Luhanska.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/fighting_continues_near_donetsk_luhansk_325524|title = Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency}}
On 2 July 2014 unspecified planes attacked the village and the village of Kondrashovka.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unn.com.ua/ru/news/1360658-rayonna-vlada-stanitsi-luganskoyi-povidomila-pro-naslidki-ta-zhertvi-sogodnishnogo-obstrilu|title=Районная власть Станицы-Луганской сообщила о последствиях и жертвах сегодняшнего обстрела}} The Ukrainian army denied the airstrike and blamed the damage on faulty shelling by the separatists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/07/2/7030788/|title = Військові заявляють, що літаки АТО над Станицею Луганського взагалі не літали}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://ipress.ua/ru/ljlive/samoleti_kotorie_bombyly_stanytsu_luganskuyu_pryletely_so_storoni_rossyy__zhurnalyst_72901.html|title = Самолеты, которые бомбили Станицу Луганскую, прилетели со стороны России, - журналист}}
On 21 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly were clearing Stanytsia Luhanska from the pro-Russian separatists. The settlement remained under control of the Ukrainian authorities.[https://www.irinnews.org/news/2016/03/04/hard-lines-access-issues-deepen-ukraine-aid-crisis Hard lines: Access issues deepen Ukraine aid crisis], IRIN (4 March 2016) It became situated on the frontline with forces representing the Luhansk People's Republic and became regularly the victim of shelling.Read more on UNIAN:[http://www.unian.info/war/1737277-ato-hq-doubts-disengagement-in-stanytsia-luhanska-soon.html ATO HQ doubts disengagement in Stanytsia Luhanska soon] (22-01-2017) 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.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/462754.html Disengagement of forces in Donbas stalled], Interfax-Ukraine (17.11.2017) 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.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-17|title=Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/17/shelling-by-russian-backed-separatists-hits-school-in-east-ukraine|access-date=2022-02-23|website=the Guardian|language=en}} On 26 February, the settlement was occupied by Russian Ground Forces as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web|title=SPRAVDI|url=https://t.me/spravdi/717|access-date=2022-02-26|website=Telegram}} The village council and civilian-military administration head, Albert Zinchenko, was reported as to be collaborating with the occupiers.{{Cite web |title=We recorded a comment from Stanytsia MCA head, and then it turned out he had sided with the occupiers – Vilne Radio editor-in-chief |url=https://imi.org.ua/en/news/we-recorded-a-comment-from-stanytsia-mca-head-and-then-it-turned-out-he-had-sided-with-the-i47933 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=imi.org.ua |language=en-EN}}
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/ |title=Home |website=ukrcensus.gov.ua}}
- Russian 92.4%
- Ukrainian 6.2%
- Romani 0.2%
- Armenian 0.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
Notable people
- Oleksandr Pielieshenko (1994-2024), Ukrainian weightlifter
References
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Category:Rural settlements in Shchastia Raion
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