Shchastya

Shchastya Щастя (Ukrainian)
City
Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Founded	1754
City Status	1963
Population (2013)
• Total	12,773
Area code(s)	(+380)
Vehicle registration	BB / 13

Shchastya (Ukrainian: Ща́стя, Russian: Сча́стье Schastye) is a city in Novoaidar Raion in Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 12,773 (2013 est.).

Just north of Shchastya, there is the Luhansk power station, a large powerplant built in the 1950s. The town of Shchastya is situated on the river Seversky Donets. During the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city became a key site of fighting.

To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion.

History

City on the map of Luhansk is identified by number "1".

1754 - was founded village Shchastya

1953 - beginning of building Luhansk Thermal Electric Station.

1963 - Shchastya becomes town.

In 2014 Shchastya was controlled by the separatist Lugansk People's Republic from late April 2014 till the Ukrainian army retook the city on 14 June 2014.

On 5 August 2014, a monument of Lenin Lenin was removed from the city of Shchastya.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

• Russian 88.0%
• Ukrainian 11.2%

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  Shchastya cathedral

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  Cranes monument

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  Horse monument

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  WW2 monument in Shchastya

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  Mertvy Donets River near Shchastya

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  Luhansk thermal power plant

Links:

Map of the town.