Krasnodon
Coordinates: 48°18′N 39°44′E / 48.300°N 39.733°E
| Krasnodon Краснодон | |||
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  Krasnodon | |||
| Coordinates: 48°18′0″N 39°44′0″E / 48.30000°N 39.73333°E | |||
| Country Oblast |
 Ukraine Luhansk Oblast | ||
| Founded | 1914 as Sorokino | ||
| Renamed | 1938 as Krasnodon | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Yuri Borisovich Baklagov [1] | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 77.33 km2 (29.86 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| • Total | 49,921 | ||
| Postal code | 94400 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 6435 | ||
| Website | http://krasnodon.org.ua/ | ||
Krasnodon (Ukrainian: Краснодон; Russian: Краснодон) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Krasnodon Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
The population of Krasnodon in 1972 was 70,400, in 1989 it was around 53,000, in 2001 it was 49,921.[2]
History
Krasnodon was established in 1914 along the banks of the Welikyj Kamjaniza, a tributary of the Seversky Donets River, as the settlement of Sorokino. It soon became one of the centers of the coal mining industry of the Donbass region. By a Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on October 28, 1938 it was renamed Krasnodon.
During the German-Soviet War Krasnodon was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 20, 1942 to February 14, 1943. In that period, between October 1942 and January 1943, the anti-nazi Komsomol organization Young Guard operated in the city. There are monuments and the memorial complex built to the Young Guard in Krasnodon.
See also
External links
- (Russian) Official city page
- (Russian) Krasnodon - our city
References
- ↑ (Russian) "Городской голова". Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
- ↑ (Russian) "Численность и состав населения Украины". ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
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