Novoajdar

Novoajdar
Новоайдар
	Novoajdar
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Novoajdar district
Height :	no information
Area :	11.55 km²
Residents :	8,431 (2016)
Population density :	730 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	93500
Area code :	+380 6445
Geographic location :	48 ° 58 '  N , 39 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 58 '23 "  N , 39 ° 0' 11"  E
KOATUU :	4423155100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement, 2 villages
Address:	вул. Кірова 1 93500 смт. Новоайдар
Statistical information
Novoajdar

Novoajdar ( Ukrainian Новоайдар ; Russian Новоайдар Novoaidar ) is an urban-type settlement in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine . It has 8400 inhabitants (2016) and is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

geography

The city is located in the Donets Basin on the Ajdar , a left tributary of the Donets . The Luhansk Oblast Center can be reached on the N 21 road 58 km south and Starobilsk on the same road 38 km north. The villages of Ajdar-Mykolaivka (Айдар-Миколаївка) and Malovendeliwka (Маловенделівка) also belong to the settlement council of the same name .

history

The place was founded in 1685. Novoajdar was occupied by Wehrmacht troops from July 12, 1942 to January 21, 1943 . Since 1957 the place has the status of an urban-type settlement.

population

Demographics

1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2016
4,969	6.117	6,995	8,367	9,072	8,431

Source:

Personalities

• Yevhen Selin , Ukrainian soccer player
• Alexander Schopin (Russian: Александр Самойлович Шопин ; * December 15, 1917, † October 11, 1982). Schopin was awarded the title " Hero of the Soviet Union " on December 20, 1943 for his active participation in the crossing of the Dnieper and the holding of a bridgehead during the Dnieper offensive on September 25, 1943.

Web links

• City Portal (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ Alexander Schopin at 14gvard.info (Russian), accessed on November 15, 2016