Chornukhyne
Чорнухине
Urban-type settlement
Chornukhyne is located in Ukraine
Chornukhyne
Chornukhyne
Chornukhyne is located in Luhansk Oblast
Chornukhyne
Chornukhyne
Coordinates: 48°19′35″N 38°30′56″E / 48.32639°N 38.51556°E / 48.32639; 38.51556
Country Ukraine
Province Luhansk Oblast
DistrictAlchevsk Raion
Founded1600[1]
Town status1938[1]
Government
 • Town HeadValeriy Latsyk[1]
Area
 • Total6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
326 m (1,070 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 5,690
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
94340
Area code+380 6441
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Chornukhyne (Ukrainian: Чорнухине) is an urban-type settlement in the Alchevsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in Donbas in eastern Ukraine. It was formerly in the Popasna Raion and then Perevalsk Raion.[1] In the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town's population was 7,782.[1] The current population estimate is 5,690 (2022 estimate)[3]

The Kalmius and Chornukha Rivers flow through the town.[1] It is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Donetsk.

Chornukhyne came under the control of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR / LPR) following fierce fighting, in early 2015. It was taken shortly before nearby Debaltsevo in the Battle of Debaltseve. Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the territory as part of their LNR / LPR.

History

The territory was first settled in 1600 as the Chornukhynskyi Post (Ukrainian: Чорнухинський пост) of the Kalmius Palanka of the Zaporizhian Sich cossack territory.[1] In 1778, the settlement was a sloboda, and in 1892 it became a village.[1] It was granted the status of an urban-type settlement in 1938.[1]

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the war in Donbas, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, Chornukhyne was transferred from Perevalsk Raion to Popasna Raion.[4] However, on 20 February 2015, Ukraine lost control of the settlement, and as of 2023 has not regained control.

Notable people

Nikolai Ilyin, top soviet sniper in ww2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Chornukhyne, Luhansk Oblast, Perevalsk Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chornukhyne (Luhansk region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Луганської області, зміну і встановлення меж Перевальського і Попаснянського районів Луганської області". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  5. ↑ "Новые российские системы радиоэлектронной борьбы на востоке Украины". ru.bellingcat.com (in Russian). 10 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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