Pervomajsk (Luhansk)

Pervomaysk
Первомайськ
	Pervomaysk
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	no information
Area :	88.54 km²
Residents :	37,696 (2016)
Population density :	426 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	93200
Area code :	+380 6455
Geographic location :	48 ° 37 '  N , 38 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '0 "  N , 38 ° 31' 0"  E
KOATUU :	4412100000
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Макушкіна 1а 93200 м. Первомайськ
Website :	http://pervomaysk.loga.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Pervomaysk

Pervomajsk ( Ukrainian Первомайськ , Russian Первомайськ Pervomaisk ) is a city of regional importance in the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine with 37,000 inhabitants (2013).

geography

Geographical location

The city is located in the Donets Basin 76 km west of the Luhansk Oblast center and about 120 km northeast of Donetsk on the left bank of the Luhan River . The converter station of the HVDC Volgograd-Donbass is located northeast of the city .

Borough

The municipality of Pervomajsk consisted of the city of Pervomajsk, the cities of Hirske and Solote and the urban-type settlements of Nysnye and Toshkivka until October 7, 2014. These were then incorporated into the Popasna Raion . The municipality had a total of 70,138 inhabitants (2012).

history

Pervomajsk was founded as Oleksandrivka in 1765 and carried Petro-Marewka between 1865 and 1920 . In 1920 it was finally renamed Pervomajsk (from Russian Pervoje Maja for May Day ), in 1938 it received city rights.

During the war in Ukraine, the place fell to the separatists of the Lugansk People's Republic . Separatist Mayor Yevhen Istschenko and other men were murdered in January 2015. Separatists accused Ukrainian agents of the crime, while other sources believe internal power struggles were the cause of the murder.

population

According to the 2001 Ukraine census, the city's population is composed of the following ethnic groups:

• Ukrainians - 65.9%
• Russians - 27.3%
• Belarusians - 1.1%

Population development

1923	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2005	2016
4,201	10,745	30.131	43,671	45,779	44,525	51.025	43,082	41,112	37,696

Source:

Personalities

• Boris Gorbatov, writer and journalist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова, План від 07.10.2014 № 1693-VII Про зміни в адміністративно-територіальному устрої Луганської області, зміну і встановлення меж Перевальського і Попаснянського районів Луганської області
3. ↑ 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) 
4. ↑ Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine , November 7, 2014 N 1085-р (Ukrainian)
5. ↑ "Ukraine crisis: Rebels 'begin offensive' on Mariupol" bbc of January 24, 2015, viewed on January 24, 2015
6. ↑ 2001 census (Ukrainian)