Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast

City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

This article is about the city located in Luhansk Oblast. For other uses, see Holubivka (disambiguation).

City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

Holubivka

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Coordinates: 48°38′15″N 38°38′36″E﻿ / ﻿48.63750°N 38.64333°E﻿ / 48.63750; 38.64333
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

Kirovsk (Ukrainian: Кіровськ; Russian: Кировск) or Holubivka (Ukrainian: Голубівка; 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.

## Geography

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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

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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 12 July 1942 to 3 September 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

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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

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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 Chervonohvardiiske Municipality.[citation needed]

## Notable People

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* Maksym Dehtyarov, professional football player of the club Desna Chernihiv in Ukrainian Premier League.

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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.
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.
5. ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast

Administrative center: Luhansk

Raions|

* Alchevsk
* Dovzhansk
* Luhansk
* Rovenky
* Shchastia
* Sievierodonetsk
* Starobilsk
* Svatove

Hromadas|

* Alchevsk
* Antratsyt
* Bilokurakyne
* Bilolutsk
* Bilovodsk
* Chmyrivka
* Dovzhansk
* Hirske
* Kadiivka
* Khrustalnyi
* Kolomyichykha
* Krasnorichenske
* Kreminna
* Lozno-Oleksandrivka
* Luhansk
* Lutuhyne
* Lysychansk
* Markivka
* Milove
* Molodohvardiisk
* Novoaidar
* Novopskov
* Nyzhnia Duvanka
* Nyzhnioteple
* Popasna
* Rovenky
* Rubizhne
* Shchastia
* Shulhynka
* Shyrokyi
* Sievierodonetsk
* Sorokyne
* Stanytsia Luhanska
* Starobilsk
* Svatove
* Troitske
* Zymohiria

Cities|

* Almazna
* Alchevsk
* Antratsyt
* Brianka
* Hirske
* Irmino
* Kadiivka
* Khrustalnyi
* Kirovsk
* Krasnodon
* Kreminna
* Kypuche
* Luhansk
* Lutuhyne
* Lysychansk
* Miusynsk
* Molodohvardiisk
* Novodruzhesk
* Oleksandrivsk
* Perevalsk
* Pervomaisk
* Petrovske
* Popasna
* Pryvillia
* Rovenky
* Rubizhne
* Shchastia
* Sievierodonetsk
* Starobilsk
* Sukhodilsk
* Svatove
* Sverdlovsk
* Vakhrusheve
* Voznesenivka
* Zolote
* Zorynsk
* Zymohiria

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War in Donbas (2014–2022)

* Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War
* Followed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine

General
topics|

* Aircraft losses
* Humanitarian situation
* International reactions
* Sanctions
* Sanctioned people
* OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
* Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine
* Civil volunteer movement
* Little green men
* Anti-terrorist Operation Zone
* Civil–military administrations

Timeline|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022

Battles|

* Battle of Artemivsk
* Siege of Sloviansk
* Battle of Kramatorsk
* Battle of Mariupol
* Battles of Sievierodonetsk
* Battle of Karlivka
* 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport
* Siege of the Luhansk Border Base
* Battle of Krasnyi Lyman
* Zelenopillia rocket attack
* Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion
* Battle of Horlivka
* Battle of Ilovaisk
* Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack
* Battle of Novoazovsk
* Mariupol offensive
* 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport
* Battle of Debaltseve
* Shyrokyne standoff
* Battle of Marinka
* Battle of Svitlodarsk
* Battle of Avdiivka (2017)

Other
events|

* Donbas status referendums
* Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown
* Shelling of Donetsk, Russia
* 2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine
* MH17 shoot-down
* reactions
* UNSC Resolution 2166
* NATO summit in Wales
* Minsk Protocol
* Donbas general elections
* 2014 G20 Brisbane summit
* Volnovakha bus attack
* Mariupol rocket attack
* Kramatorsk rocket attack
* Minsk II ceasefire agreement
* Kharkiv bombing
* Assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko
* Donbas general elections
* No to capitulation!
* Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing

Self-proclaimed
states|

* Donetsk People's Republic (April 2014 – September 2022)
* Luhansk People's Republic (April 2014 – September 2022)
* Novorossiya (May 2014 – May 2015)
* International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic

(Pro-)
Russian|

| Organizations|

* Russian Armed Forces
* Wagner Group
* Separatist forces
* List of equipment
* Army of the South-East
* Russian Orthodox Army
* Vostok Battalion
* Kalmius Brigade
* Sparta Battalion
* Somalia Battalion
* Prizrak Brigade
* Political parties and movements
* Donetsk Republic
* New Russia Party
* Communist Party of DPR
* Peace to Luhanshchina
* Borotba
* Antifascist Committee of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Choice
* The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov
* Eurasian Youth Union
* Night Wolves
* Don Cossacks
* Internet Research Agency
* Russian Imperial Movement

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Lead figures|

* Russian
* Vladimir Putin
* Dmitry Medvedev
* Vladislav Surkov
* Sergei Shoigu
* Crimean
* Sergey Aksyonov
* Vladimir Konstantinov
* Natalia Poklonskaya
* Donetsk
* Vladimir Antyufeyev
* Eduard Basurin
* Fyodor Berezin
* Igor Bezler
* Alexander Borodai
* Mikhail Chumachenko
* Igor Girkin
* Pavel Gubarev
* Ekaterina Gubareva
* Igor Khakimzyanov
* Alexander Khodakovsky
* Vladimir Kononov
* Arsen Pavlov†
* Vyacheslav Ponomarev
* Andrei Purgin
* Denis Pushilin
* Mikhail Tolstykh†
* Alexander Zakharchenko†
* Sergei Zhurikov
* Luhansk
* Alexander Bednov†
* Valery Bolotov†
* Aleksey Karyakin
* Aleksandr Kharitonov
* Arsen Klinchaev
* Sergey Kozlov
* Aleksey Mozgovoy†
* Leonid Pasechnik
* Igor Plotnitsky
* Gennadiy Tsypkalov†
* Kharkiv
* Yevhen Zhylin†
* Others
* Aleksandr Dugin
* Nelya Shtepa
* Oleg Tsaryov

Ukrainian|

| Organizations|

* Government of Ukraine
* 1st Yatsenyuk
* 2nd Yatsenyuk
* Groysman
* Ministry of Internal Affairs
* National Guard
* Azov
* Donbas
* Patrol Police
* Dnipro-1
* Armed Forces of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Ground Forces
* Territorial defense battalions
* Aidar
* Dnipro-2
* Kryvbas
* Rukh Oporu
* Ukrainian Air Force
* Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
* Security Service of Ukraine
* Alpha Group
* Euromaidan Press
* State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
* Volunteer battalions
* Right Sector

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Lead figures|

* Petro Poroshenko
* Oleksandr Turchynov
* Arseniy Yatsenyuk
* Volodymyr Groysman
* Andriy Parubiy
* Arsen Avakov
* Vitali Klitschko
* Oleh Tyahnybok
* Yuriy Lutsenko
* Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
* Valeriy Heletey
* Stepan Poltorak
* Mykhailo Koval
* Mykhailo Kutsyn
* Oleh Makhnitskyi
* Viktor Muzhenko
* Vitaly Yarema
* Oleh Liashko
* Dmytro Yarosh
* Rinat Akhmetov
* Ihor Kolomoyskyi
* Serhiy Taruta
* Ihor Baluta
* Semen Semenchenko
* Hennadiy Moskal
* Nadiya Savchenko
* George Tuka
* Pavlo Zhebrivskyi

48°38′N 38°39′E﻿ / ﻿48.633°N 38.650°E﻿ / 48.633; 38.650

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