Sorynsk

Sorynsk
Зоринськ
	Sorynsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Perevalsk Raion
Height :	245 m
Area :	9 km²
Residents :	7,532 (01/01/2011)
Population density :	837 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94323
Area code :	+380 6441
Geographic location :	48 ° 25 '  N , 38 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '52 "  N , 38 ° 37' 7"  E
KOATUU :	4423610600
Administrative structure :	1 city , 1 urban-type settlement
Mayor :	Semen Rykov
Address:	вул. Леніна 8 94323 м. Зоринськ
Website :	http://zorinsk.lg.ua/
Statistical information
Sorynsk

Sorynsk (Ukrainian Зоринськ ; Russian Зоринск / Sorinsk ) is a city in eastern Ukraine with about 7500 inhabitants.

The place is located in the west of Luhansk Oblast and centrally in Perewalsk Raion , about 15 kilometers west of the Rajonszentrum Perewalsk and 52 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Luhansk , on the Losowa River (Лозова).

The town council also includes the urban-type Bajratschky settlement to the southwest .

Sorynsk was founded in 1930 as a mining settlement Nikanor and renamed Olenivka (Оленівка) in 1934, at the same time the place received the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1963 it was granted city status.

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

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• Location information (Ukrainian)