Country Ukraine Population 77,704 (2013) Province Luhansk Oblast | Climate Dfb Local time Saturday 6:12 PM | |
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Stakhanov (Ukrainian: Стаханов; Russian: Стаханов) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. The city is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 77,593 (2013 est.).
Contents
- Map of Stakhanov Luhansk Oblast Ukraine
- Name
- History
- Demographics
- City municipality
- Notable people
- References
Map of Stakhanov, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Name
Before 1937 the city was known as Kadievka (Russian: Кадиевка) or Ukrainian Kadiyivka (Ukrainian: Кадіївка). From 1937 to 1940 the city was named Sergo (Ukrainian: Серго), and then from 1940 to 1978 the city was again known as Kadievka or Kadiyivka. From 1978 to 2016 the city was named after the famous Soviet miner Alexey Stakhanov, who started his career there. On May 12, 2016 Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada restored the name Kadiyivka.
History
A labor camp for German prisoners of war was established at Kadiyivka during the Second World War.
The city's economy depends on a railway car building works, ferroalloy plant and coal mines.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; they took over Stakhanov on 2 May 2014. On 22 July 2014 a rally was held that demanded that the pro-Russian separatists should leave the town.
According to reports on September 16 2014, the city, which had been occupied by Lugansk People's Republic-affiliated Don Cossacks, seceded from the LPR on 14 September. It was said Don Cossacks there proclaimed the Republic of Stakhanov, and that a "Cossack government" now ruled in Stakhanov. However the following day this was claimed to be a fabrication, and an unnamed Don Cossack leader stated the September 14 meeting had, in fact, resulted in 12,000 Cossacks volunteering to join the LPR forces.
In October 2015, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opened a Forward Patrol Base in the city, meaning that a small number of international monitors are permanently based here.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
City municipality
The Municipality of Kadiyivka also includes two other cities:
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Kadiyivka include: