Molodohwardiysk

Molodohwardiysk
Молодогвард́ійськ
	Molodohwardiysk
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Krasnodon urban district
Height :	210 m
Area :	2.88 km²
Residents :	22,927 (2016)
Population density :	7,961 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94415
Area code :	+380 6435
Geographic location :	48 ° 21 '  N , 39 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '15 "  N , 39 ° 39' 30"  E
KOATUU :	4411470400
Administrative structure :	1 city , 1 village
Mayor :	Dmitro Karmbergowitsch Khassanov
Address:	вул. Молодогвардійськ 13 94415 м. Молодогвардійськ
Website :	http://molodogvardeisk.narod.ru/
Statistical information
Molodohwardiysk

Molodohwardijsk ( Ukrainian Молодогвардійськ ; Russian Молодогвардейск Molodogwardeisk ) is a city ​​in the Donets Basin in the Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine .

The city, whose most important industry is coal production, has 23,000 inhabitants (2016).

Flag of Molodohwardiysk

The city, founded in 1954, is named after the resistance group " Young Guard " (Молода гвардія), whose work was described by the Soviet writer Alexander Fadejew in a novel of the same name. In 1961 it received city status.

geography

Molodohwardijsk is 38 km southeast of the Luhansk Oblast center and administratively belongs to Krasnodon , which can be reached in 5 km southeast via the M 04 / E 50 trunk road . Together with the village of Novosimejkine (Ukrainian Новосімейкіне ), which is part of the urban area, the city has an area of ​​3.25 km².

Since 1987 Molodohwardijsk has been connected to Krasnodon by a trolleybus route.

Population development

1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2016
21,846	27,395	31,766	25,528	24,716	22,927

Source: ;

Personalities

• Volodymyr Schazkych (* 1981), Ukrainian wrestler

Web links

• official website of the City Council of Molodohwardijsk (Russian)
• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ official page Nowosimejkine  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ukrainian)  
3. ↑ History of the City ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (Russian)