Wachruschewe

Wachruschewe
Вахрушеве
	Wachruschewe
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Krasnyj Luch city district
Height :	no information
Area :	28 km²
Residents :	12,197 ( 01/01/2011 )
Population density :	436 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	94560
Area code :	+380 6432
Geographic location :	48 ° 10 '  N , 38 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '38 "  N , 38 ° 50' 20"  E
KOATUU :	4411670300
Administrative structure :	1 city , 1 urban-type settlement , 1 settlement
Mayor :	Ivan Tkachenko
Address:	вул. Калініна 38 94,560 м. Вахрушеве
Statistical information
Wachruschewe

Wachruschewe (Ukrainian Вахрушеве - Ukrainian officially since May 12, 2016 Bokowo-Chrustalne / Боково-Хрустальне ; Russian Вахрушево / Wachruschewo ) is a city in eastern Ukraine with about 12,000 inhabitants.

Memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers in the place

The place is located in the west of the Luhansk Oblast , about 8 kilometers west of the city of Krasnyj Luch and 58 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Luhansk north of the Mius River. The border with Russia runs immediately south of the urban area.

The urban-type settlement Sadowo-Khrustalnenskyj and the settlement Trubnyj (Trubny) also belong to the town council, which is part of the township of Krasnyj Luch .

Wachruschewe was formed in 1954 through the merger of several mining settlements that had been in the area since 1914. In 1963 the place was granted city status, the name goes back to the Soviet politician Vasily Wachrushev .

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

Web links

Commons : Wachruschewe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 05.12.2016 № 1351-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів на тимчасово окупованих територіях Донецької та Луганської областей