Stakhanov, Ukraine
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Country | Ukraine | ||
Province | Luhansk Oblast | ||
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• Total | 122,300 |
Stakhanov (Ukrainian: Стаханoв; Russian: Стаханoв) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. The city is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 77,593 (2013 est.)[2].
History
The city is named after the famous Soviet miner Alexey Stakhanov, who started his career there. From 1937 to 1940 the city was named Sergo (Ukrainian: Серго), and before 1937 and from 1940 to 1978 the city was known as Kadievka (Russian: Кадиевка), or Ukrainian Kadiyivka (Ukrainian: Кадіївка). A labor camp for German prisoners of war was established at Stakhanov during the Second World War.
The city's economy depends on a railway car building works, ferroalloy plant and coal mines.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[3][4] they took over Stakhanov on 2 May 2014.[5][6] On 22 July 2014 a rally was held that demanded that the pro-Russian separatists should leave the town.[7][dubious ]
According to reports on September 16 2014, the city, which had been occupied by Lugansk People's Republic-affiliated Don Cossacks, seceded from the LPR on 14 September.[8] It was said Don Cossacks there proclaimed the Republic of Stakhanov, and that a "Cossack government" now ruled in Stakhanov.[9][8] However the following day this was claimed to be a fabrication, and an unnamed Don Cossack leader stated the September 14 meeting had, in fact, resulted in 12,000 Cossacks volunteering to join the LPR forces.[10]
In October 2015, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opened a Forward Patrol Base in the city, meaning that a small number of international monitors are permanently based here.[11]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[12]
- Russian 85.3%
- Ukrainian 13.0%
- Belarusian 0.1%
- Armenian 0.1%
City municipality
Stakhanov Municipality also includes two other cities.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Stakhanov include:
- Grisha Filipov (1919–1994), Bulgarian politician
References
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