Uspenka
Uspenka Успенка | |
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Urban-type settlement | |
Ruins of a former coke works, with Uspenka behind it. | |
Uspenka Location of Uspenka within Ukraine | |
Coordinates: UA 48°23′38″N 39°9′13″E / 48.39389°N 39.15361°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Lutuhyne Raion |
Founded | 1755 |
Incorporated | 1938 |
Area | |
• Total | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
Population (2013)[1] | |
• Total | 8,895 |
• Density | 1,913/km2 (4,950/sq mi) |
Postal code | 92006 |
Area code(s) | +380 6436 |
Uspenka (Ukrainian: Успенка) is an urban-type settlement in Lutuhyne Raion, a part of Luhansk Oblast within Ukraine. It is located in the eastern part of the greater Donbass region. Population: 8,895 (2013 est.)[2].
The village was founded as Vilkhova (Ukrainian: Вільхова, lit. Alder) in 1755, after a colonel received a grant of land from the Tsar of Russia. The name "Uspenka" became established in the seventy years after the founding of the village. The town has a long history of coal mining, with the first mine established in 1802. The population of the village has greatly declined with the mining and coke industries: in 1966, there were 18,800 residents; in 2001, only 9676. There is still a coke works in the village that employs some residents, but many commute to Lutuhyne for work. Since 2014, Uspenka has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[3]
Gallery
- Heaps at former coke works
- Ruins of a coke works
- Street in Uspenka
- View of Uspenka and the town of Lutuhyne beyond.
- View of Uspenka
References
Notes
- ↑ The State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. The population Ukraine on January 1, 2011, Kyiv-2011 (doc)
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
Sources
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Volume 10. / Ed. Vladimir Kubiyovych — Paris; New York: Молоде життя, 1954—1989.
- Wysocki, Victor I. Historical aspects of toponymy in Luhansk — Luhansk, 2003 — pp. 196