Trokhizbenka

Trokhizbenka
Трьохізбенка
Village
Trokhizbenka
Location of Trokhizbenka within Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°45′34″N 38°57′48″E / 48.75944°N 38.96333°E / 48.75944; 38.96333Coordinates: 48°45′34″N 38°57′48″E / 48.75944°N 38.96333°E / 48.75944; 38.96333
Country  Ukraine
Province Luhansk Oblast
District Novoaidar Raion
Founded 1674
Area
 • Total 7.43 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Elevation 50 m (160 ft)
Population (2001 census)
 • Total 2,920
 • Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 93710
Area code +380 6473

Trokhizbenka (Ukrainian: Трьохізбенка; Russian: Трёхизбенка) is a village in Novoaidar Raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 25 km NW from the centre of Luhansk city, on the left bank of the Siverskyi Donets.

History

The settlement was founded by the Don Cossacks in the first half of the 17th century.

War in Donbass

The village was occupied by pro-Russian troops in the spring of 2014. On 11 July 2014 Ukrainian troops took the village under their control and set up a checkpoint near the bridge over the river.[1] The bridge was blown up on 3 September 2014.[2] The war has brought along both civilian and military casualties.[3]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

References

  1. ↑ Українська армія звільнила від бойовиків село Трьохізбенку на Луганщині. Еспресо.tv. 10.07.2014.
  2. ↑ В Трьохізбенці на Луганщині втретє підірвали міст. Еспресо.tv. 03.09.2014.
  3. ↑ "Trokhizbenka: Search results". Information Resistance. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  4. ↑ Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua


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