Stakhanov

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Stachanow (disambiguation) .

Stakhanov
Стаханов
	Stakhanov
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	250 m
Area :	91.81 km²
Residents :	75,928 (2016)
Population density :	827 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94000-94090
Area code :	+380 6444
Geographic location :	48 ° 34 '  N , 38 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '0 "  N , 38 ° 39' 0"  E
KOATUU :	4413100000
Administrative structure :	3 cities
Mayor :	Serhiy Shevlakov
Address:	вул. Кірова 32 94000 м. Стаханов
Statistical information
Stakhanov

Stachanow (Ukrainian and Russian Стаханов - Ukrainian officially Kadijiwka / Кадіївка again since May 12, 2016 ) is a city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine with around 76,000 inhabitants (2016).

Movie theater "Mir" in Stakhanov

The city, dominated by coal mining, is located about 50 km west of the oblast capital Luhansk in the Donbass region.

history

The city was called until 1978 Kadijiwka ( Кадіївка ), 1937-1940 also briefly Serho ( Серго ) and then by Alexei Stakhanov renamed. From July 1942 to September 3, 1943, the city was occupied by troops of the German Wehrmacht . The Stakhanov tram ( Стахановський трамвай ) operated in the city from 1937 to 2008, and a trolleybus system (Ukrainian Стахановський тролейбус ) in existence since 1970 was discontinued in mid-2011. Since summer 2014, the city has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

Borough

The municipality of Stachanow has a total of 92,132 inhabitants and is administratively divided into the two cities of Almasna and Irmino in addition to the actual city .

Population development

1923	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2016
8,292	17,837	134,920	180.205	137.138	108.043	112.023	90.152	84,427	75,928

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

• Grischa Filipow (1919–1994), Bulgarian politician and Prime Minister
• Irina Levtschenko (1924–1973), Russian writer and Hero of the Soviet Union; first female recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal
• Oleh Suslow (* 1969), national soccer goalkeeper
• Oleksij Kasjanow (* 1985), decathlete

Web links

Commons : Stachanow  - Collection of Images

• Location information (Ukrainian)
• City page on stakhanov.net.ua (Russian)
• City page on stakhanov.org.ua (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 05.12.2016 № 1351-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів на тимчасово окупованих територіях Донецької та Луганської областей
2. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
3. ↑ Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine , November 7, 2014 N 1085-р (Ukrainian)
4. ↑ Demography of Luhansk Oblast ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ukrainian) 
5. ↑ Левченко Ирина Николаевна , warheroes.ru (Russian)