Perevalsk

Perevalsk
Перевальськ
	Perevalsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Perevalsk Raion
Height :	259 m
Area :	30.48 km²
Residents :	25,509 (2016)
Population density :	837 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94308
Area code :	+380 6441
Geographic location :	48 ° 26 '  N , 38 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '0 "  N , 38 ° 49' 0"  E
KOATUU :	4423610100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Леніна 21 94 300 м. Перевальськ
Statistical information
Perevalsk

Perewalsk ( Ukrainian Перевальськ ; Russian Перевальск Perewalsk ) is a city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine . It has 25,000 inhabitants (2016) and is the administrative center of the raion of the same name 45 km southwest of the Luhansk Oblast center . The city is located in the densely populated and industrialized Donets Basin and borders directly on the city of Alchevsk .

City Hall

history

Perewalsk was founded in 1889 as a mining site with the name Selesnjowski Rudnik (Селезнёвский рудник). From 1924 he was named imeni Paryskoji Komuny (імені Паризької Комуни) in honor of the Paris Commune , the unwieldy name was shortened to Parkommuna in 1938 . In 1964 the place got its current name and city status. After the Rajon was founded in 1965, the city became the center of the Rajon. The word perewal means “pass” or “transition”.

Since the summer of 2014, the town has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

population

Demographics

1923	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2016
2,719	3,401	21,071	32,385	33.208	33.004	31,989	29,665	27,832	25,509

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

• Anatolij Jarosch (* 1952), shot putter
• Alexander Selin (* 1953), Russian Colonel General

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine , November 7, 2014 N 1085-р (Ukrainian)