Krasnodon

Krasnodon

Краснодон
Krasnodon Краснодон
City
	Krasnodon / Sorokyne
	Krasnodon skyline
	Flag Coat of arms
	Krasnodon Location of Krasnodon/Sorokyne Krasnodon Krasnodon (Ukraine)
	Coordinates: 48°18′0″N 39°44′0″E / 48.30000°N 39.73333°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Krasnodon Raion
Founded	1914 as Sorokino
Renamed	1938
Government
• Mayor	Yuri Borisovich Baklagov
Area
• Total	77.33 km2 (29.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	42,582
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code	94400
Area code	+380 6435
Climate	Dfa
Website	krasnodon.org.ua

Coordinates: 48°18′N 39°44′E / 48.300°N 39.733°E / 48.300; 39.733

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 42,582 (2021 est.)^[2].

Population of Krasnodon in 1972 was 70,400, in 1989 it was around 53,000, in 2001 it was 49,921.^[3]

In 2016 the city was renamed Sorokyne (Ukrainian: Сорокине; Russian: Сорокино) 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.

History

Krasnodon was established in 1914 along the banks of the Velyka Kamyanka, a tributary of the Seversky Donets River, as the settlement of Sorokyne.^{[citation needed]} It soon became one of the centers of the coal mining industry of the Donbass region.^{[citation needed]} By the Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on 28 October 1938 it was renamed to Krasnodon.^{[citation needed]}

A local newspaper is published in the city since September 1930.^[4]

During the German-Soviet War, Krasnodon was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 20, 1942 to February 14, 1943.^{[citation needed]} The Soviet Komsomol organization resistance Young Guard operated in the city from October 1942 to January 1943, when most of its members were arrested and executed.^{[citation needed]} The Young Guard are commemorated with monuments and a memorial complex in Krasnodon.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2014, Krasnodon has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not the Ukrainian authorities.^[5] NATO released satellite data from 21 August 2014 and confirmed it showed a large column of armoured vehicles crossing into Ukraine from Russia through Krasnodon.^[6]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[7]

Ethnicity

Russians: 63.3%
Ukrainians: 33.2%
Belarusians: 1.3%
Other: 2.2%

Language

Russian: 90.75%
Ukrainian: 8.46%
Romani: 0.17%
Armenian: 0.15%
Belarusian: 0.12%

Gallery

Velyka Kamyanka River in Krasnodon
Krasnodon Coal Company
A trolleybus in Krasnodon

External links

(in Russian) Official city page

References

^ Городской голова (in Russian). Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
^ Численность и состав населения Украины (in Russian). ukrcensus.gov.ua. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
^ № 2915. Слава Краснодона // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.382
^ Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ "New Satellite Imagery Exposes Russian Combat Troops Inside Ukraine". 28 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

[1] Городской голова (in Russian). Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved March 19, 2009.

[ua2021estimate-2] Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

[3] Численность и состав населения Украины (in Russian). ukrcensus.gov.ua. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2009.

[4] № 2915. Слава Краснодона // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.382

[5] Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[6] "New Satellite Imagery Exposes Russian Combat Troops Inside Ukraine". 28 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[7] "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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v t e Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast
Administrative center: Luhansk
Raions	Alchevsk Dovzhansk Luhansk Rovenky Shchastia Sievierodonetsk Starobilsk Svatove
Hromadas
Cities	Almazna Alchevsk Antratsyt Artemivsk Brianka Chervonopartyzansk Hirske Irmino Kirovsk Krasnyi Luch Krasnodon Kreminna Luhansk Lutuhyne Lysychansk Miusynsk Molodohvardiisk Novodruzhesk Oleksandrivsk Perevalsk Pervomaisk Petrovske Popasna Pryvillia Rovenky Rubizhne Shchastia Sievierodonetsk Stakhanov Starobilsk Sukhodilsk Svatove Sverdlovsk Vakhrusheve Zolote Zorynsk Zymohiria
Urban-type settlements	Bilohorivka Bilokurakyne Bilovodsk Biriukove Krasnorichenske Markivka Milove Novoaidar Novopskov Slovianoserbsk Stanytsia Luhanska Troitske

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