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Molodohvardiysk

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Country
  
Ukraine

Population
  
23,332 (2013)

Province
  
Luhansk Oblast

Climate
  
Dfb

Local time
  
Thursday 1:44 AM

Molodohvardiysk

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 80% Humidity

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). Population: 23,332 (2013 est.).

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Map of Molodohvardiis'k, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

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.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

  • Russian 88.6%
  • Ukrainian 10.9%
  • Belarusian 0.2%
  • References

    Molodohvardiysk Wikipedia