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title="Lugansc – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Lugansc" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83" title="لوهانسك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لوهانسك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D6%84" title="Լուկանսք – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Լուկանսք" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luqansk" title="Luqansk – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Luqansk" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="لوهانسک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لوهانسک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95" title="লুহানস্ক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লুহানস্ক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D2%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луһанск – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Луһанск" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhans%27k" title="Luhans'k – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Luhans'k" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BA" title="Λουγκάνσκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λουγκάνσκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9" title="Луганской – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Луганской" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansko" title="Luhansko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Luhansko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="لوهانسک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوهانسک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louhansk" title="Louhansk – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Louhansk" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BBhansk" title="Lûhansk – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Lûhansk" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%ED%95%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%81%AC" title="루한스크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="루한스크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AF" title="Լուգանսկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լուգանսկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95" title="लुहान्स्क – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लुहान्स्क" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAhansk_(borg)" title="Lúhansk (borg) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Lúhansk (borg)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhans%27k" title="Luhans'k – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Luhans'k" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A7" title="לוהנסק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לוהנסק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="ლუჰანსკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლუჰანსკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratalia" title="Pratalia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Pratalia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhanska" title="Luhanska – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Luhanska" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhanskas" title="Luhanskas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Luhanskas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loehansk_(sjtad)" title="Loehansk (sjtad) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Loehansk (sjtad)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhans%27k" title="Luhans'k – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Luhans'k" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhanszk" title="Luhanszk – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Luhanszk" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="ലുഹാൻസ്ക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലുഹാൻസ്ക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95" title="लुहान्स्क – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लुहान्स्क" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="ლუჰანსკი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლუჰანსკი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83" title="لوهانسك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لوهانسك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луханск – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Луханск" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loehansk" title="Loehansk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Loehansk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AF" title="ルハーンシク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ルハーンシク" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="لوہانسک – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لوہانسک" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81uga%C5%84sk" title="Ługańsk – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ługańsk" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BA" title="Λουχάνσκ – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Λουχάνσκ" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C4%9Fansk" title="Luğansk – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Luğansk" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганьск – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Луганьск" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Луганск – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Луганск" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Луганскай – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Луганскай" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansku" title="Luhansku – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Luhansku" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Luhansk" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugansk" title="Lugansk – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Lugansk" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81uha%C5%84sk" title="Łuhańsk – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Łuhańsk" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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For the breakaway state named after the city, see <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Luhansk (disambiguation)">Luhansk (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">City in Luhansk Oblast</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Luhansk</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Ukrainian-language text"><span lang="uk">Луганськ</span></span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Lugansk</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80.jpg/268px-%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80.jpg" decoding="async" width="268" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80.jpg/402px-%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80.jpg/536px-%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="680" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B3.jpg/198px-%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B3.jpg/264px-%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="886" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Park of the Heroes of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Patriotic_War_(term)" title="Great Patriotic War (term)">Great Patriotic War</a>, Museum of local history, Academic Russian Drama Theatre, Radianska Street, and <a href="/wiki/Luhanskteplovoz" title="Luhanskteplovoz">Luhanskteplovoz</a> steam locomotive</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Luhansk.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Luhansk"><img alt="Flag of Luhansk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Luhansk.svg/100px-Flag_of_Luhansk.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Luhansk.svg/150px-Flag_of_Luhansk.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Luhansk.svg/200px-Flag_of_Luhansk.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Luhansk"><img alt="Coat of arms of Luhansk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luhansk.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="510" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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style="top:65.825%;left:60.502%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Luhansk"><img alt="Luhansk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Luhansk</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Luhansk</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Luhansk Oblast</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" 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jure">de jure</a></i>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Ukraine" title="Oblasts of Ukraine">Oblast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk Oblast</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Federal subject</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Ukraine" title="Raions of Ukraine">Raion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Raion" title="Luhansk Raion">Luhansk Raion</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hromada" title="Hromada">Hromada</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_urban_hromada" title="Luhansk urban hromada">Luhansk urban hromada</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1795</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Luhansk" title="List of mayors of Luhansk">Mayor</a> (LPR)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manolis_Pilavov" title="Manolis Pilavov">Manolis Pilavov</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">257 km<sup>2</sup> (99 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,147 km<sup>2</sup> (829 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">105 m (344 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">397,677</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td 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lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>-/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">Луганськ</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="uk-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Ukrainian" title="Help:IPA/Ukrainian">[lʊˈɦɑnʲsʲk]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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As of 2022, the population was estimated to be <span class="nowrap">397,677 (2022 estimate),</span><sup id="cite_ref-ua2022estimate_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ua2022estimate-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making Luhansk the <a href="/wiki/Cities_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities in Ukraine">12th-largest city in Ukraine</a>. </p><p>Luhansk served as the administrative center of <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk Oblast</a>, before pro-Russian separatists seized control of the city in 2014 and made it the capital of the self-proclaimed <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a>. The Ukrainian administration was located in <a href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a> from 2014 to 2022 during the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a>, due to Ukraine not being in control of Luhansk. Sievierodonetsk was <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2022)" title="Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)">captured</a> by Russia in 2022 and Luhansk Oblast was later <a href="/wiki/Russian_annexation_of_Donetsk,_Kherson,_Luhansk_and_Zaporizhzhia_oblasts" title="Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts">annexed by Russia</a> in late 2022. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_and_early_history">Founding and early history</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg/220px-Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg/330px-Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg/440px-Gaskoin_Karl._Lugansk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1438" data-file-height="1802" /></a><figcaption>The bust of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gascoigne" title="Charles Gascoigne">Charles Gascoigne</a> in Luhansk</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>The city traces its history to 1797 when the British industrialist <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gascoigne" title="Charles Gascoigne">Charles Gascoigne</a>, commissioned by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Russian">Imperial Russian</a> government in 1795, founded an ammunition and cannon factory for the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gascoigne had emigrated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> years earlier, and founded factories and mines across the Russian Empire during his time there. There is a prominent bust of him in Luhansk commemorating his role in the city's founding.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The factory was built in the <a href="/wiki/Donets_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Donets Basin">Donets Basin</a> (or Donbas) at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Luhan_(river)" title="Luhan (river)">Luhan</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vilkhivka_(river)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vilkhivka (river) (page does not exist)">Vilkhivka</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0)" class="extiw" title="uk:Вільхівка (річка)">uk</a>]</span> rivers. The Russian craftsmen settled upstream, at the settlement of Kamianyi Brid.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Luhansk" comes from the <a href="/wiki/Luhan_(river)" title="Luhan (river)">Luhan</a> River, which flows through the city. According to <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymology</a>, the name is also derived to the word "Luh" (Ukrainian: Луг), which means "meadow", referring to the floodplains around the river.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The factory was greatly expanded during the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, and again during the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>. By 1880, the factory was a large industrial node, linked by rail to other major cities and to the <a href="/wiki/Azov_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Azov Sea">Azov Sea</a>. In 1882, the Luhansk Factory was merged with Kamianyi Brid into a new settlement named Luhansk, which received city status. In 1897, Luhansk had a population of 20,400, 68.2% of whom were <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In summer 1896, German industrialist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Hartmann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gustav Hartmann (page does not exist)">Gustav Hartmann</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Hartmann_(Unternehmer)" class="extiw" title="de:Gustav Hartmann (Unternehmer)">de</a>]</span> founded a <a href="/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a>-building company in Luhansk, which is now <a href="/wiki/Luhanskteplovoz" title="Luhanskteplovoz">Luhanskteplovoz</a>. It became operational in 1900, and soon produced a large proportion of all locomotives in the Russian Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_Soviet_Union">In the Soviet Union</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1034237262"><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg/220px-Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg/330px-Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg/440px-Mk_V_tank_in_summer_in_Lugansk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>One of the <a href="/wiki/Mark_V_tank" title="Mark V tank">Mk V</a> tanks used by the <a href="/wiki/Don_Army" title="Don Army">Don Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a></figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>Luhansk was economically devastated by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-restoration_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restoration-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1918, Luhansk was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a> during their <a href="/wiki/1918_Central_Powers_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Central Powers invasion of Ukraine">invasion of Ukraine</a>. Then, it was taken by <a href="/wiki/Anton_Denikin" title="Anton Denikin">Anton Denikin</a>'s anti-communist <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Army" title="Volunteer Army">Volunteer Army</a> in May 1919, before changing hands several times. It was finally taken by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> in January 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the end of the war, the victorious <a href="/wiki/Bolsheviks" title="Bolsheviks">Bolsheviks</a> created the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> on the territory of the former Russian Empire, and began restoring the city.<sup id="cite_ref-restoration_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-restoration-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city grew rapidly during the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 November 1935, the city was renamed <b>Voroshilovgrad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Ворошиловград</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Voroshilovgrad</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">Ворошиловград</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ukrainian-language romanization"><i lang="uk-Latn">Voroshylovhrad</i></span>) in honour of Soviet military commander and politician <a href="/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov" title="Kliment Voroshilov">Kliment Voroshilov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ThirtyFive_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThirtyFive-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, <a href="/wiki/Voroshilovgrad_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Voroshilovgrad Oblast">Voroshilovgrad Oblast</a> was established, with the city as its center.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The economic recovery and development of the city was also accompanied by significant demographic change. The population grew from 72,000 to 212,000 between 1926 and 1939, and there was an influx of <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a> from the countryside into the city. The proportion of Ukrainians grew from 19.1% to 58.7% between 1897 and 1939, many of whom were refugees fleeing the <a href="/wiki/Holodomor" title="Holodomor">Holodomor</a>, a manmade famine across <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Ukraine">Soviet Ukraine</a>. The Russian proportion of the population shrank to 34.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voroshilovgrad became a frontline city in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> after the failure of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a> to capture major Soviet cities.<sup id="cite_ref-GPW_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPW-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1942, a grand concert featuring the work of <a href="/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko" title="Taras Shevchenko">Taras Shevchenko</a> was held in the city to inspire Ukrainians to fight off the invading Nazis.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1942, Germany concentrated its forces in the area and forced the Soviets to retreat to the Volga and the North Caucasus. On 14 July 1942, German troops captured Voroshilovgrad. Locals waged <a href="/wiki/Partisan_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan warfare">partisan warfare</a> against the occupation. The city was eventually liberated by the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> on 14 February 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-GPW_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPW-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the postwar period, the city was rebuilt. The population recovered and grew, again alongside demographic change. More Russians were brought in to rebuild and help with <a href="/wiki/Industrialization" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrialization">industrialization</a>, again reducing the share of Ukrainians to a minority of 48.3% by 1959 and raising the share of Russians to 47.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 March 1958, after Khrushchev's call to not name cities after living people, the old name of Luhansk was reinstated.<sup id="cite_ref-ThirtyFive_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThirtyFive-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kliment Voroshilov himself opposed the restoration of the old name in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1970, after the death of Kliment Voroshilov on 2 December 1969, the city's name was changed again to Voroshilovgrad.<sup id="cite_ref-ThirtyFive_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThirtyFive-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Demographic shifts continued during the late Soviet period; by 1989, Ukrainians made up 41.8% of the population and Russians had a majority of 52.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 May 1990, a decree of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian parliament">Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR</a> gave the city back its original name.<sup id="cite_ref-ThirtyFive_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ThirtyFive-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukrainian_independence">Ukrainian independence</h3></div> <p>Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In 1994, a consultative referendum took place in <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk Oblast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk Oblast</a>, with around 90% supporting the Russian language gaining status of an official language alongside <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>, and for the Russian language to be an official language on a regional level.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The previous demographic trends reversed in independent Ukraine; by 2001, Ukrainians - who <a href="/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine" title="Russian language in Ukraine">increasingly spoke Russian</a> - were 50% of the population and Russians made up 47%. The population as a whole began to decline as the economy stagnated, dropping from 505,000 in 1992 to 424,000 in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russo–Ukrainian_War"><span id="Russo.E2.80.93Ukrainian_War"></span>Russo–Ukrainian War</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Russo%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo–Ukrainian War">Russo–Ukrainian War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg/220px-Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg/330px-Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg/440px-Secessionists_barricade_in_Luhansk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="886" /></a><figcaption>Pro-Russian unrest in Luhansk, April 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 2014, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>-backed separatists seized governmental buildings in the region, proclaiming the <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> (LPR), with its capital in Luhansk.<sup id="cite_ref-IEU_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/2014_Donetsk_and_Luhansk_status_referendums" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Donetsk and Luhansk status referendums">independence referendum</a>, unconstitutional under Ukrainian law, was held on 11 May 2014. This referendum was not recognized as legitimate by any government.<sup id="cite_ref-Referendum_on_joining_Russia_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Referendum_on_joining_Russia-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events escalated into the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas" title="War in Donbas">War in Donbas</a>. </p><p>In August 2014, Ukrainian government forces completely surrounded rebel-held Luhansk.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heavy <a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)" title="Shell (projectile)">shelling</a> caused civilian casualties in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 August, Ukrainian soldiers entered the rebel-controlled Luhansk and for a time had control over a police station.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_luhansk_breakthrough_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian_luhansk_breakthrough-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A statement released on 22 August by <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuanian</a> foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Linas_Antanas_Linkevi%C4%8Dius" title="Linas Antanas Linkevičius">Linas Antanas Linkevičius</a> said that the Lithuanian <a href="/wiki/Honorary_consul" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary consul">honorary consul</a> in Luhansk, Mykola Zelenec, was abducted by the pro-Russian separatists and murdered.<sup id="cite_ref-BBClekil_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBClekil-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Linkevičius defined the abductors as 'terrorists'.<sup id="cite_ref-BBClekil_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBClekil-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk" title="Battle of Ilovaisk">Ilovaisk counteroffensive</a>, LPR forces regained <a href="/wiki/Lutuhyne" title="Lutuhyne">Lutuhyne</a> and other Luhansk suburbs. Ukrainian forces withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_International_Airport" title="Luhansk International Airport">Luhansk International Airport</a> on 1 September 2014, after heavy fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> reported <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">high civilian casualties</a> in and around the city, recording over 300 civilian deaths caused by explosive weapons between May and September 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temporary administration of Luhansk Oblast was moved to <a href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a> by the government of Ukraine.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 21 November 2017, <a href="/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)" title="Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)">armed men in unmarked uniforms</a> took up positions in the center of Luhansk in what appeared to be a power struggle between the head of the republic <a href="/wiki/Igor_Plotnitsky" title="Igor Plotnitsky">Igor Plotnitsky</a> and the (sacked by Plotnitsky) LPR appointed interior minister <a href="/wiki/Igor_Kornet" title="Igor Kornet">Igor Kornet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rferl.org_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rferl.org-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent.co.uk_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Media reports stated that the <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a>, a parallel Russian-backed entity in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk Oblast</a>, had sent armed troops to Luhansk the following night.<sup id="cite_ref-rferl.org_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rferl.org-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent.co.uk_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later the website of the separatists stated that Plotnitsky had resigned "for health reasons. Multiple war wounds, the effects of blast injuries, took their toll."<sup id="cite_ref-idUSKBN1DO251_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idUSKBN1DO251-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website stated that security minister <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Pasechnik" title="Leonid Pasechnik">Leonid Pasechnik</a> had been named acting leader "until the next elections."<sup id="cite_ref-idUSKBN1DO251_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idUSKBN1DO251-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2022_Invasion_and_annexation">2022 Invasion and annexation</h5></div> <p>On September 30, 2022, during the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> signed a decree declaring the <a href="/wiki/Russian_annexation_of_Southern_and_Eastern_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine">annexation of four regions of Ukraine</a> (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhiya Oblasts) to <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annexation was illegal under <a href="/wiki/International_law" title="International law">international law</a> and was condemned by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">General Assembly of the United Nations</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luhansk_raions_eng.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Luhansk_raions_eng.svg/250px-Luhansk_raions_eng.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Luhansk_raions_eng.svg/375px-Luhansk_raions_eng.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Luhansk_raions_eng.svg/500px-Luhansk_raions_eng.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="787" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>A map of the <a href="/wiki/Urban_districts_of_Ukraine" title="Urban districts of Ukraine">districts</a> of Luhansk</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Artemivskyi District <ul><li>city of <a href="/wiki/Oleksandrivsk" title="Oleksandrivsk">Oleksandrivsk</a></li> <li>urban-type settlement <a href="/wiki/Katerynivka,_Luhansk_Oblast" title="Katerynivka, Luhansk Oblast">Katerynivka</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kamiano-Bridskyi District</li> <li>Zhovtnevyi District</li> <li>Leninskyi District</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h2></div> <p>Some of the more prestigious universities in Ukraine have their home in Luhansk. Luhansk is the location of the main campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Luhansk" title="University of Luhansk">Taras Shevchenko National University of Luhansk</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Ukrainian_Volodymyr_Dahl_National_University" class="mw-redirect" title="East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University">East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_State_Medical_University" title="Luhansk State Medical University">Luhansk State Medical University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1897</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,404</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">71,006</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+248.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">211,682</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+198.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1959</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">274,520</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">382,774</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+39.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">463,047</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1989</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">496,813</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">463,097</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">431,109</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">397,677</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">Ukrainian Census of 2001</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 49.6% of the inhabitants declared themselves as ethnically <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a> and 47% as Russians. 85.3% of the population spoke Russian as their native language, while 13.7% spoke <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a> and 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div> <p>Luhansk is home to <a href="/wiki/FC_Zorya_Luhansk" title="FC Zorya Luhansk">Zorya Luhansk</a> which now plays in the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Premier_League" title="Ukrainian Premier League">Ukrainian Premier League</a> annual <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> championship and plays at the <a href="/wiki/Avanhard_Stadium_(Luhansk)" title="Avanhard Stadium (Luhansk)">Avanhard Stadium</a>. The club won the <a href="/wiki/1972_Soviet_Top_League" title="1972 Soviet Top League">1972 Soviet Top League</a>. </p><p>The other football team was <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Luhansk" title="FC Dynamo Luhansk">Dynamo Luhansk</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merheleva_Ridge">Merheleva Ridge</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Merheleva_Ridge" title="Merheleva Ridge">Merheleva Ridge</a></div> <p>On 7 September 2006, archaeologists in Ukraine announced that an ancient structure had been discovered near Luhansk, which the press reported as a pyramid antedating those in Egypt by at least 300 years. The stone foundations of the structure were said to resemble Aztec and Mayan pyramids in <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerica" title="Mesoamerica">Mesoamerica</a>. It was later concluded that the site in question was not a pyramid but was still of great interest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <p>Luhansk has a hot summer <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Dfa</i>). Luhansk has both the highest and lowest temperature recorded in Ukraine. A record high of 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) was recorded on <a href="/wiki/2010_Northern_Hemisphere_heat_waves" title="2010 Northern Hemisphere heat waves">12 August 2010</a>, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-cgo_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgo-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wu_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wu-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A record low of −41.9 °C (−43.4 °F) was recorded on 8 January 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-cgo_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgo-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Luhansk (1991-2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.3<br />(102.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(104.9) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.0<br />(107.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.0<br />(107.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.6<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.4<br />(20.5) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.3<br />(20.7) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.4<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.8<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−41.9<br />(−43.4) </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−39.0<br />(−38.2) </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.3<br />(−17.1) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.1<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.5<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.3<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26.3<br />(−15.3) </td> <td style="background: #4646FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29.6<br />(−21.3) </td> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−41.9<br />(−43.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(1.42) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(1.41) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(1.25) </td> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(1.24) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3<br />(1.82) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.3<br />(2.49) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.2<br />(2.53) </td> <td style="background: #C8FFC8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(1.43) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(1.78) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.8<br />(1.37) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(1.54) </td> <td style="background: #C3FFC3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.7<br />(1.56) </td> <td style="background: #BFFFBF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">504.0<br />(19.84) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">135 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.03 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000BF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000CA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.2 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64.0 </td> <td style="background: #1313FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.6 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.8 </td> <td style="background: #0B0BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.7 </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000FA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000BF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000BB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">72.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #565656; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.2 </td> <td style="background: #949494; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.8 </td> <td style="background: #BBBB41; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.1 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177.6 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">274.9 </td> <td style="background: #EDED09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">287.4 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">305.5 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">291.4 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">210.6 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">135.4 </td> <td style="background: #707070; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59.4 </td> <td style="background: #474747; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,033.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net<sup id="cite_ref-pogoda_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pogoda-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (precipitation, humidity, and sun)<sup id="cite_ref-WMOCLINO_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMOCLINO-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1872._%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Tatyana_Snezhina" title="Tatyana Snezhina">Tatyana Snezhina</a> (1972–1995) a Russian poet and singer-songwriter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostiantyn_Sytnyk" title="Kostiantyn Sytnyk">Kostiantyn Sytnyk</a> (1926–2017) a Ukrainian and Soviet scientist and academician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov" title="Kliment Voroshilov">Kliment Voroshilov</a> (1881–1969), Soviet military commander</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_(2020_Winter_Youth_Olympics)_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg/120px-2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg/180px-2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg/240px-2020-01-15_Medals_Ceremonies_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93152.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3938" data-file-height="3558" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Bubka" title="Sergey Bubka">Sergey Bubka</a>, 2020</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg/120px-Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg/180px-Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg/240px-Irina_Kirichenko_1967b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2406" data-file-height="3432" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Irina_Kirichenko" title="Irina Kirichenko">Irina Kirichenko</a>, 1967</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg/120px-Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg/180px-Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg/240px-Viktor_Onopko_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="755" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Onopko" title="Viktor Onopko">Viktor Onopko</a>, 2011</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport_2">Sport</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Andreyev" title="Sergey Andreyev">Sergey Andreyev</a> (born 1956) a football manager and a former player with 617 club caps and 26 for the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Brumel" title="Valeriy Brumel">Valeriy Brumel</a> (1942–2003), a Soviet high jumper; silver medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Summer Olympics</a> and gold medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Bryzhin" class="mw-redirect" title="Viktor Bryzhin">Viktor Bryzhin</a> (born 1962) a former sprinter, team gold medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelyzaveta_Bryzhina" class="mw-redirect" title="Yelyzaveta Bryzhina">Yelyzaveta Bryzhina</a> (born 1989), sprinter, team bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Bubka" title="Sergey Bubka">Sergey Bubka</a> (born 1963), Soviet and Ukrainian <a href="/wiki/Pole_vault" title="Pole vault">pole vaulter</a>, former World Record holder, and gold medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasiliy_Bubka" title="Vasiliy Bubka">Vasiliy Bubka</a> (born 1960), Soviet and Ukrainian pole vaulter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedor_Emelianenko" title="Fedor Emelianenko">Fedor Emelianenko</a> (born 1976), Russian heavyweight <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts">mixed martial arts</a> and judoka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Glazkov" title="Vyacheslav Glazkov">Vyacheslav Glazkov</a> (born 1984) boxer, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Kirichenko" title="Irina Kirichenko">Irina Kirichenko</a> (1937–2020) a Soviet sprint cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serhiy_Malyi" title="Serhiy Malyi">Serhiy Malyi</a> (born 1990) footballer with over 150 club caps and 46 for <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Onopko" title="Viktor Onopko">Viktor Onopko</a> (born 1969), Russian football player with 462 club caps and 109 for <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Semak" title="Sergei Semak">Sergei Semak</a> (born 1976), footballer and manager with 552 club caps and 65 for <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andriy_Serdinov" title="Andriy Serdinov">Andriy Serdinov</a> (born 1982), butterfly swimmer, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oleh_Shelayev" title="Oleh Shelayev">Oleh Shelayev</a> ( born 1976) footballer with over 400 club caps and 36 for <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_national_football_team" title="Ukraine national football team">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Shoutvin" title="Anton Shoutvin">Anton Shoutvin</a> (born 1989), Israeli basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetyana_Skachko" title="Tetyana Skachko">Tetyana Skachko</a> (born 1954) long jumper, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetyana_Tereshchuk-Antipova" title="Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova">Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova</a> (born 1969), hurdler, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Yuran" title="Sergei Yuran">Sergei Yuran</a> (born 1969), football player with 276 club caps and 25 for <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oleksandr_Zavarov" title="Oleksandr Zavarov">Oleksandr Zavarov</a> (born 1961), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach with over 450 club caps and 41 for the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team">Soviet Union</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Ukraine" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine">List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine</a></div> <p>Luhansk is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-Cardiff_twinning_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cardiff_twinning-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OLCC_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLCC-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lublin" title="Lublin">Lublin</a>, Poland<sup id="cite_ref-OLCC_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLCC-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lublin_twinnings_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lublin_twinnings-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a>, Hungary<sup id="cite_ref-OLCC_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLCC-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Székesfehérvár_twinning_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Székesfehérvár_twinning-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daqing" title="Daqing">Daqing</a>, China<sup id="cite_ref-OLCC_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLCC-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne" title="Saint-Étienne">Saint-Étienne</a>, France<sup id="cite_ref-OLCC_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLCC-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pernik" title="Pernik">Pernik</a>, Bulgaria<sup id="cite_ref-OLCC_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLCC-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <p>During 2014 and 2015, Luhansk has been the scene of intense fighting and most of these buildings are damaged to some extent. Some may be destroyed. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 171.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 169.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Luhansk University"><img alt="Luhansk University" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg/254px-%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg/381px-%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg/507px-%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="727" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Luhansk University</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Radianska Street at night"><img alt="Radianska Street at night" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg/270px-Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg/405px-Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg/540px-Night_Luhansk_sovetskya_street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1329" data-file-height="886" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Radianska Street at night</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Luhansk Hotel"><img alt="Luhansk Hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg/271px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg/406px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg/542px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%22%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="681" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Luhansk Hotel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_(%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Volodymyr Cathedral"><img alt="St. Volodymyr Cathedral" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lugansk_Lenini_kujuga_09.08._2015.jpg/432px-Lugansk_Lenini_kujuga_09.08._2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lugansk_Lenini_kujuga_09.08._2015.jpg/576px-Lugansk_Lenini_kujuga_09.08._2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4992" data-file-height="3120" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Luhansk Drama Theatre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S%C3%B5japurustused_Luganskis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A consumer electronics and appliance store, heavily damaged as a consequence of the Russo-Ukrainian War."><img alt="A consumer electronics and appliance store, heavily damaged as a consequence of the Russo-Ukrainian War." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/S%C3%B5japurustused_Luganskis.jpg/270px-S%C3%B5japurustused_Luganskis.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" 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href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk_urban_hromada" title="Sievierodonetsk urban hromada">Sievierodonetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorokyne_urban_hromada" title="Sorokyne urban hromada">Sorokyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanytsia_Luhanska_settlement_hromada" title="Stanytsia Luhanska settlement hromada">Stanytsia Luhanska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starobilsk_urban_hromada" title="Starobilsk urban hromada">Starobilsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svatove_urban_hromada" title="Svatove urban hromada">Svatove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troitske_settlement_hromada" title="Troitske settlement hromada">Troitske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zymohiria_urban_hromada" title="Zymohiria urban hromada">Zymohiria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ukraine" title="List of cities in Ukraine">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almazna" title="Almazna">Almazna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alchevsk" title="Alchevsk">Alchevsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antratsyt" title="Antratsyt">Antratsyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brianka" title="Brianka">Brianka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirske" title="Hirske">Hirske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irmino" title="Irmino">Irmino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadiivka" title="Kadiivka">Kadiivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khrustalnyi" title="Khrustalnyi">Khrustalnyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovsk,_Luhansk_Oblast" title="Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast">Kirovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnodon" title="Krasnodon">Krasnodon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kreminna" title="Kreminna">Kreminna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kypuche" title="Kypuche">Kypuche</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Luhansk</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutuhyne" title="Lutuhyne">Lutuhyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysychansk" title="Lysychansk">Lysychansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miusynsk" title="Miusynsk">Miusynsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molodohvardiisk" title="Molodohvardiisk">Molodohvardiisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novodruzhesk" title="Novodruzhesk">Novodruzhesk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oleksandrivsk" title="Oleksandrivsk">Oleksandrivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perevalsk" title="Perevalsk">Perevalsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pervomaisk,_Luhansk_Oblast" title="Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast">Pervomaisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrovske" title="Petrovske">Petrovske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popasna" title="Popasna">Popasna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pryvillia" title="Pryvillia">Pryvillia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rovenky" title="Rovenky">Rovenky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubizhne" title="Rubizhne">Rubizhne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchastia" title="Shchastia">Shchastia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starobilsk" title="Starobilsk">Starobilsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhodilsk" title="Sukhodilsk">Sukhodilsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svatove" title="Svatove">Svatove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sverdlovsk,_Ukraine" title="Sverdlovsk, Ukraine">Sverdlovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vakhrusheve" title="Vakhrusheve">Vakhrusheve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voznesenivka" title="Voznesenivka">Voznesenivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zolote" title="Zolote">Zolote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zorynsk" title="Zorynsk">Zorynsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zymohiria" title="Zymohiria">Zymohiria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine943" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible 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Oblast">Dnipropetrovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast" title="Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast">Ivano-Frankivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Kharkiv Oblast">Kharkiv</a><sup>4</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast">Kherson</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi_Oblast" title="Khmelnytskyi Oblast">Khmelnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovohrad_Oblast" title="Kirovohrad Oblast">Kirovohrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Oblast" title="Kyiv Oblast">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lviv_Oblast" title="Lviv Oblast">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odesa_Oblast" title="Odesa Oblast">Odesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava_Oblast" title="Poltava Oblast">Poltava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivne_Oblast" title="Rivne Oblast">Rivne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumy_Oblast" title="Sumy Oblast">Sumy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternopil_Oblast" title="Ternopil Oblast">Ternopil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia_Oblast" title="Vinnytsia Oblast">Vinnytsia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volyn_Oblast" title="Volyn Oblast">Volyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakarpattia_Oblast" title="Zakarpattia Oblast">Zakarpattia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhytomyr_Oblast" title="Zhytomyr Oblast">Zhytomyr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City_with_special_status" title="City with special status">Cities with special status</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_republics_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous republics of Ukraine">Autonomous republic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Crimea</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cherkasy" title="Cherkasy">Cherkasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernihiv" title="Chernihiv">Chernihiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernivtsi" title="Chernivtsi">Chernivtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnipro" title="Dnipro">Dnipro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Kramatorsk" title="Kramatorsk">Kramatorsk</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk" title="Ivano-Frankivsk">Ivano-Frankivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherson" title="Kherson">Kherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi" title="Khmelnytskyi">Khmelnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kropyvnytskyi" title="Kropyvnytskyi">Kropyvnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Luhansk</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a><sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutsk" title="Lutsk">Lutsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv" title="Mykolaiv">Mykolaiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava" title="Poltava">Poltava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivne" title="Rivne">Rivne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumy" title="Sumy">Sumy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternopil" title="Ternopil">Ternopil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzhhorod" title="Uzhhorod">Uzhhorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia" title="Vinnytsia">Vinnytsia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" title="Zaporizhzhia">Zaporizhzhia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhytomyr" title="Zhytomyr">Zhytomyr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup>Claimed and controlled by <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republic</a> of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Crimea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">Federal City</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> <br /> <sup>2</sup>Claimed and partially controlled by Russia as the <a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republics</a> <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lugansk_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lugansk People's Republic">Lugansk People's Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russia)">Zaporozhye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kherson Oblast (Russia)">Kherson</a> <a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">oblasts</a><br /> <sup>3</sup> Partially claimed and partially controlled by Russia as a part of <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kherson Oblast (Russia)">Kherson</a> <a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">oblast</a><br /> <sup>4</sup>Partially controlled by Russia, but not claimed as its part</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cities_in_Ukraine353" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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significance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_district_significance_(Ukraine)" title="City of district significance (Ukraine)">City of district significance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000,000+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnipro" title="Dnipro">Dnipro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500,000-1,000,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" title="Zaporizhzhia">Zaporizhzhia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih" title="Kryvyi Rih">Kryvyi Rih</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000-500,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv" title="Mykolaiv">Mykolaiv</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mariupol" title="Mariupol">Mariupol</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Luhansk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Makiivka" title="Makiivka">Makiivka</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia" title="Vinnytsia">Vinnytsia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherson" title="Kherson">Kherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava" title="Poltava">Poltava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernihiv" title="Chernihiv">Chernihiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherkasy" title="Cherkasy">Cherkasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumy" title="Sumy">Sumy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Horlivka" title="Horlivka">Horlivka</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhytomyr" title="Zhytomyr">Zhytomyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamianske,_Kamianske_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamianske, Kamianske Raion">Kamianske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kropyvnytskyi" title="Kropyvnytskyi">Kropyvnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi" title="Khmelnytskyi">Khmelnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivne" title="Rivne">Rivne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernivtsi" title="Chernivtsi">Chernivtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kremenchuk" title="Kremenchuk">Kremenchuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternopil" title="Ternopil">Ternopil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk" title="Ivano-Frankivsk">Ivano-Frankivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutsk" title="Lutsk">Lutsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bila_Tserkva" title="Bila Tserkva">Bila Tserkva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">100,000-200,000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kramatorsk" title="Kramatorsk">Kramatorsk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Melitopol" title="Melitopol">Melitopol</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch">Kerch</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikopol,_Ukraine" title="Nikopol, Ukraine">Nikopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sloviansk" title="Sloviansk">Sloviansk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Berdiansk" title="Berdiansk">Berdiansk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alchevsk" title="Alchevsk">Alchevsk</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavlohrad" title="Pavlohrad">Pavlohrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzhhorod" title="Uzhhorod">Uzhhorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brovary" title="Brovary">Brovary</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria" title="Yevpatoria">Yevpatoria</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><i>Cities located in <a href="/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_of_Ukraine" title="Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine">Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="War_in_Donbas_(2014–2022)268" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<li>Followed by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br />topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Aircraft losses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">Humanitarian situation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_war_in_Donbas" title="International reactions to the war in Donbas">International reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_and_organizations_sanctioned_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctioned people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSCE_Special_Monitoring_Mission_to_Ukraine" title="OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine">OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilateral_Contact_Group_on_Ukraine" title="Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine">Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_volunteer_movement_helping_Ukrainian_forces_in_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbas">Civil volunteer movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)" title="Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)">Little green men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-terrorist_Operation_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-terrorist Operation Zone">Anti-terrorist Operation Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil%E2%80%93military_administrations_(Ukraine)" title="Civil–military administrations (Ukraine)">Civil–military administrations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2014)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2015)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2015)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2016)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2016)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2017)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2017)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2018)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2018)">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2019)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2019)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2020)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2021)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2022)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2022)">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Artemivsk" title="Battle of Artemivsk">Battle of Artemivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sloviansk" title="Siege of Sloviansk">Siege of Sloviansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kramatorsk" title="Battle of Kramatorsk">Battle of Kramatorsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mariupol_(2014)" title="Battle of Mariupol (2014)">Battle of Mariupol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2014)" title="Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)">Battles of Sievierodonetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karlivka" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Karlivka">Battle of Karlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">1st Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Luhansk_border_base" title="Siege of the Luhansk border base">Siege of the Luhansk border base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krasnyi_Lyman" title="Battle of Krasnyi Lyman">Battle of Krasnyi Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelenopillia_rocket_attack" title="Zelenopillia rocket attack">Zelenopillia rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_in_Shakhtarsk_Raion" title="Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion">Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Horlivka" title="Battle of Horlivka">Battle of Horlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk" title="Battle of Ilovaisk">Battle of Ilovaisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novosvitlivka_refugee_convoy_attack" title="Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack">Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Novoazovsk" title="Battle of Novoazovsk">Battle of Novoazovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offensive_on_Mariupol_(September_2014)" title="Offensive on Mariupol (September 2014)">Mariupol offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Debaltseve" title="Battle of Debaltseve">Battle of Debaltseve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyrokyne_standoff" title="Shyrokyne standoff">Shyrokyne standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marinka_(2015)" title="Battle of Marinka (2015)">Battle of Marinka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Svitlodarsk" title="Battle of Svitlodarsk">Battle of Svitlodarsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2017)" title="Battle of Avdiivka (2017)">Battle of Avdiivka (2017)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Donbas_status_referendums" title="2014 Donbas status referendums">Donbas status referendums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Il-76_shootdown" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown">Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelling_of_Donetsk,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelling of Donetsk, Russia">Shelling of Donetsk, Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_cross-border_shelling_of_Ukraine" title="2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine">2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">MH17 shoot-down</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17_shootdown" title="International reactions to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown">reactions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2166" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166">UNSC Resolution 2166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wales_summit" title="2014 Wales summit">NATO summit in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_Protocol" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Donbas_general_elections" title="2014 Donbas general elections">Donbas general elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_G20_Brisbane_summit" title="2014 G20 Brisbane summit">2014 G20 Brisbane summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volnovakha_bus_attack" title="Volnovakha bus attack">Volnovakha bus attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2015_Mariupol_rocket_attack" title="January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack">Mariupol rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Kramatorsk_rocket_attack" title="February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack">Kramatorsk rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_II" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk II ceasefire agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kharkiv_bombing" title="2015 Kharkiv bombing">Kharkiv bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko#Death" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Donbas_general_elections" title="2018 Donbas general elections">Donbas general elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_to_capitulation!" title="No to capitulation!">No to capitulation!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanytsia_Luhanska_kindergarten_bombing" title="Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing">Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Self-proclaimed<br />states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/23px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/35px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/45px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Novorossiya_(confederation)" title="Novorossiya (confederation)">Novorossiya</a> (May 2014 – May 2015) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic_and_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic">International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(Pro-)<br />Russian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">Separatist forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_used_by_Russian_separatist_forces_of_the_war_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of equipment used by Russian separatist forces of the war in Donbas">List of equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas#Luhansk_People's_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">Army of the South-East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Army" title="Russian Orthodox Army">Russian Orthodox Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combatants_of_the_war_in_Donbas#Vostok_Battalion" title="Combatants of the war in Donbas">Vostok Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmius_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalmius Brigade">Kalmius Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_Battalion" title="Sparta Battalion">Sparta Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_Battalion" title="Somalia Battalion">Somalia Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prizrak_Brigade" title="Prizrak Brigade">Prizrak Brigade</a></li></ul></li> <li>Political parties and movements <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Republic_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donetsk Republic (political party)">Donetsk Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Russia_Party" title="New Russia Party">New Russia Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic">Communist Party of DPR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_to_Luhanshchina" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace to Luhanshchina">Peace to Luhanshchina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borotba" title="Borotba">Borotba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antifascist_Committee_of_Ukraine" title="Antifascist Committee of Ukraine">Antifascist Committee of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Choice" title="Ukrainian Choice">Ukrainian Choice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Russia_of_E._V._Limonov" title="The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov">The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Youth_Union" title="Eurasian Youth Union">Eurasian Youth Union</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Wolves" title="Night Wolves">Night Wolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Cossacks" title="Don Cossacks">Don Cossacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency" title="Internet Research Agency">Internet Research Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Imperial_Movement" title="Russian Imperial Movement">Russian Imperial Movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lead figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Russian <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov" title="Vladislav Surkov">Vladislav Surkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" title="Sergei Shoigu">Sergei Shoigu</a></li></ul></li> <li>Crimean <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov" title="Sergey Aksyonov">Sergey Aksyonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Konstantinov_(politician)" title="Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)">Vladimir Konstantinov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Poklonskaya" title="Natalia Poklonskaya">Natalia Poklonskaya</a></li></ul></li> <li>Donetsk <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Antyufeyev" title="Vladimir Antyufeyev">Vladimir Antyufeyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Basurin" title="Eduard Basurin">Eduard Basurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Berezin" title="Fyodor Berezin">Fyodor Berezin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Bezler" title="Igor Bezler">Igor Bezler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Borodai" title="Alexander Borodai">Alexander Borodai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Chumachenko" title="Mikhail Chumachenko">Mikhail Chumachenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Girkin" title="Igor Girkin">Igor Girkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev" title="Pavel Gubarev">Pavel Gubarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Gubareva" title="Ekaterina Gubareva">Ekaterina Gubareva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Khakimzyanov" title="Igor Khakimzyanov">Igor Khakimzyanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Khodakovsky" title="Alexander Khodakovsky">Alexander Khodakovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kononov_(Donetsk_People%27s_Republic)" title="Vladimir Kononov (Donetsk People's Republic)">Vladimir Kononov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsen_Pavlov" title="Arsen Pavlov">Arsen Pavlov</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Ponomarev_(public_figure)" title="Vyacheslav Ponomarev (public figure)">Vyacheslav Ponomarev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Purgin" title="Andrei Purgin">Andrei Purgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Pushilin" title="Denis Pushilin">Denis Pushilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Tolstykh" title="Mikhail Tolstykh">Mikhail Tolstykh</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Alexander Zakharchenko</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Zhurikov" title="Sergei Zhurikov">Sergei Zhurikov</a></li></ul></li> <li>Luhansk <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Bednov" title="Alexander Bednov">Alexander Bednov</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valery_Bolotov" title="Valery Bolotov">Valery Bolotov</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Karyakin" title="Aleksey Karyakin">Aleksey Karyakin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Kharitonov_(politician)" title="Aleksandr Kharitonov (politician)">Aleksandr Kharitonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsen_Klinchaev" title="Arsen Klinchaev">Arsen Klinchaev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kozlov_(politician)" title="Sergey Kozlov (politician)">Sergey Kozlov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Mozgovoy" title="Aleksey Mozgovoy">Aleksey Mozgovoy</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Pasechnik" title="Leonid Pasechnik">Leonid Pasechnik</a></li> <li><a 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