Molodohvardiysk

Molodohvardiysk
Молодогвардійськ
Fog in Molodohvardiysk

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Country  Ukraine
Province Luhansk Oblast
Population (2013)
 • Total 23,332
Climate Dfb

Molodohvardiysk (Ukrainian: Молодогвардійськ, translit. Molodohvardiys’k, Russian: Молодогвардейск, translit. Molodogvardeysk) is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located in the Krasnodon Municipality of Luhansk Oblast (region). Its population is approximately 22,937 (2017 est.)[1].

In 1991 the estimated population was around 31,700.

Molodohvardiysk was originally established in 1955 as the Molodogvardeyskiy village, named after the Young Guard resistance group. It was granted city status in 1961.

Since 2014, Molodohvardiysk has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities.[2]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ↑

Coordinates: 48°20′40″N 39°39′30″E / 48.34444°N 39.65833°E / 48.34444; 39.65833

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