Polowynkyne
| Polowynkyne | |||
| Половинкине | |||
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| Oblast : | Luhansk Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Starobilsk Raion | ||
| Height : | 57 m | ||
| Area : | 5.546 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,913 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 525 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 92760 | ||
| Area code : | +380 6461 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 14 ' N , 38 ° 55' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 4425184501 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | вул. Миру 20 92 760 с. Половинкине |
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Polowynkyne ( Ukrainian Половинкине ; Russian Половинкино Polowinkino ) is a village in the north of the Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast with about 2900 inhabitants (2001).
The village, founded in 1680 on the banks of the Ajdar as Tolokiwka , has had its current name since 1917. The village is the only settlement of the district council of the same name in the center of Starobilsk Raion .
Polowynkyne has a station on the railway line Luhansk-Starobilsk at the trunk road N 21 about 90 km north of the Oblastzentrum Luhansk and 9 km south of Rajonzentrum Starobilsk .
Sons and daughters of the village
- Ivan Switlychnyj (1929–1992), literary critic, poet, translator, human rights activist and Soviet dissident
- Nadija Switlychna (1936–2006), writer, journalist, human rights activist and Soviet dissident
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the village on the website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on March 5, 2016 (Ukrainian)