Summary
Kirovsk (Ukrainian: Кіровськ; Russian: Кировск) or Holubivka (Ukrainian: Голубі́вка; Russian: Голубовка, romanized: Golubovka) is a city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 26,654 (2022 estimate);[1] 28,529 (2013 est.).[2] It has been occupied by Russia and its proxy the Luhansk People's Republic since 2014.
Holubivka
Голубі́вка | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
  Holubivka  Holubivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′15″N 38°38′36″E / 48.63750°N 38.64333°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Kadiivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1764 |
| City status | 1962 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,496 km2 (1,350 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 189 m (620 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 26,654 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Geography edit
Kirovsk is located on the Luhan river.[3] The landscape around the town is notable for pyramid-shaped manmade hills, by-products of the coal mining industry.[citation needed]
History edit
The settlement was founded in 1764 as a village named Holubivka by the Russian colonel Peter Golub. Coal was discovered in the area in the 1830s. When coal mines were developed in the area, the village became known as Holubivskyi Rudnyk (Ukrainian: Голубівський Рудник).[3]
During World War II, Holubivskyi Rudnyk was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 12, 1942 to September 3, 1943. After the area was recaptured from Nazi Germany, in September 1944 the mining settlement was incorporated into Kadiivka as the Holubivskyi District. In 1962, Holubivskyi District was made an independent city, named Kirovsk.[3]
In 2014, Kirovsk was captured by the Luhansk People's Republic, an unrecognized breakaway state.[4][better source needed]
The city was renamed back to Holubivka by Ukrainian authorities in 2016; however, as the settlement was under the control of the Luhansk People's Republic, who did not recognise this, the renaming has been largely symbolic.[citation needed]
Demographics edit
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 56.9%
- Russians: 40.7%
- Belarusians: 1%
- Language
- Russian: 84.6%
- Ukrainian: 14.9%
- Belarusian: 0.2%
Government edit
The Kirovsk Municipality represented by the Kirovsk City council consists of two urban settlements (towns, Donetskyi and Krynychanske) and two rural settlements (hamlets, Krynychne and Tavrychanske) that belonged to Chervonohvardiyske Municipality.[citation needed]
Notable People edit
- Maksym Dehtyarov, professional football player of the club Desna Chernihiv in Ukrainian Premier League.
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Тернавська, Г. І. (2013-02-01). "Кіровськ". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 13. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
48°38′N 38°39′E / 48.633°N 38.650°E