Lutuhyne

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Lutuhyne
Лутугине (in Ukrainian)
City
Boulevard in Lutuhyne
Boulevard in Lutuhyne
Flag of Lutuhyne
Coat of arms of Lutuhyne
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
Population
 (2021)
 • Total17,134
Area code(s)(+380)
Vehicle registrationBB / 13
ClimateDfa

Lutuhyne (Ukrainian: Лутугине, Russian: Лутугино) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Lutuhyne Raion. Population: 17,134 (2021 est.)[1], 17,989 (2013 est.)[2].

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Luhansk Oblast;[3][4] including Lutuhyne.[5] On 27 July 2014, Ukrainian forces claimed Ukrainian troops had entered the city.[6] As of 2015, Lutuhyne has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[7]

Demographics[]

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
  4. ^ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
  5. ^ "Specter of violence in eastern Ukraine keeps voters from polls - May. 24, 2014". 24 May 2014.
  6. ^ "ATO forces take over Debaltseve, Shakhtarsk, Torez, Lutuhyne, fighting for Pervomaisk and Snizhne underway - ATO press center".
  7. ^ Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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