Krasnyi Luch

Krasnyi Luch wall of Honor to the Heroes of War and Labor

Krasnyi Luch (Ukrainian: Красний Луч) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast.

The current estimated population is (in 2005) 89,688 (as of 94,875, in 2001).^{[1] [citation needed]}.

History

The town was founded as Krindachyovka at the beginning of the 20th century, and renamed as Krasnyi Luch (lit. "red light") in 1920. The city became one of the most important coal mining centres of the Donets Basin.

People associated with Krasnyi Luch

On the right is a picture of the Wall of Honor. Such walls were installed in every oblast seat throughout the Soviet Union. With the dissolution of the Soviet state those landmarks were mostly removed, but in some instances were retained as the relics of the past.

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Notes

v t e Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast Administrative center: Luhansk Districts Antratsyt Bilokurakyne Bilovodsk Krasnodon Kreminna Lutuhyne Markivka Milove Novoaidar Novopskov Perevalsk Popasna Slovianoserbsk Stanytsia-Luhanska Starobilsk Svatove Sverdlovsk Troitske Cities Regional Alchevsk Antratsyt Brianka Kirovsk Krasnyi Luch Krasnodon Luhansk Lysychansk Pervomaisk Rovenky Rubizhne Sievierodonetsk Stakhanov Sverdlovsk District Almazna Artemivsk Chervonopartyzansk Hirske Irmino Kreminna Lutuhyne Miusynsk Molodohvardiysk Novodruzhesk Oleksandrivsk Perevalsk Petrovske Popasna Pryvillia Shchastia Starobilsk Sukhodilsk Svatove Vakhrusheve Zolote Zorynsk Zymohiria Urban-type settlements · Category:Luhansk Oblast

Coordinates: 48°08′N 38°56′E / 48.133°N 38.933°E / 48.133; 38.933