Place:Krasnodon, Luhansk, Ukraine

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NameKrasnodon
TypeCity
Coordinates48.3°N 39.733°E
Located inLuhansk, Ukraine
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Krasnodon (Ukrainian, Russian: Краснодон) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Krasnodon Raion (district), though it does not belong to the raion. Its population is approximately .

Population of Krasnodon in 1972 was 70,400, in 1989 it was around 53,000, in 2001 it was 49,921.

In 2016 the city was renamed Sorokyne as part of decommunization in Ukraine. The city's name change process has been temporarily suspended as it is not controlled by the government of Ukraine.

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