Place:Luhansk, Luhansk, Ukraine

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameLuhansk
Alt namesLugansksource: Wikipedia
Luhans'ksource: Family History Library Catalog
Voroshilovgradsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 432; Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 211
Voroshylovhradsource: Family History Library Catalog
Vorošilovgradsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 432
Луга́нськsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates48.567°N 39.333°E
Located inLuhansk, Ukraine
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Luhansk, also known as Lugansk, is a city in eastern Ukraine which is under the de facto administration of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). As of 2021, the population is estimated to be , making Luhansk the most populous city in Luhansk Oblast, and the 12th largest in Ukraine.

Until 2014, Luhansk was the capital and administrative center of Luhansk Oblast, but was captured and is currently serving as the capital of the LPR, and the Ukrainian government has since relocated the Oblast's administrative center to Sievierodonetsk, until its capture on the 25th of June 2022. On the 3rd of July 2022, Luhansk region was completely under Russian control.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Luhansk. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Luhansk%2C_Luhansk%2C_Ukraine"