Miusynsk

Miusynsk Міусинськ
Miusynsk Map of Ukraine with Miusynsk highlighted.
Miusynsk Location of Miusynsk in Luhansk Oblast
Coordinates: 48°4′32″N 38°53′6″E / 48.07556°N 38.88500°E / 48.07556; 38.88500Coordinates: 48°4′32″N 38°53′6″E / 48.07556°N 38.88500°E / 48.07556; 38.88500
Country	Ukraine
Province	Luhansk Oblast
Population (2014)
• Total	4,732

Miusynsk (Ukrainian: Міусинськ, Russian: Миусинск) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 6,029 (2001).

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;^[1]^[2] including Miusynsk.^[3] On 9 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.^[4]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[5]

Russian 56.95%
Ukrainian 42.30%
Armenian 0.41%
Belarusian 0.08%

References

Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast

Administrative center: Luhansk

Raions

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 Shchastya Starobilsk Sukhodilsk Svatove Vakhrusheve Zolote Zorynsk Zymohiria

Urban-type settlements
Category:Luhansk Oblast

Ukrainian crisis

General topics

Main events

Donbass battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) 1st Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (17 January – 18 February 2015) Mariupol standoff (24 January 2015 – present)

Other events	Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014) Odessa clashes (January–December 2014) 2 May clashes and fire Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014) Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014) 40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014) Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014) Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014) reactions UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014) NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014) Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014) Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014) Donbass general elections (2 November 2014) 2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014) Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015) Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015) Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015)

Proclaimed states

Republic of Crimea (17–18 March 2014)
Donetsk People's Republic (since 7 April 2014)
Luhansk People's Republic (since 27 April 2014)
Novorossiya (since 24 May 2014)

Background

Pre-1917 Novorossiya
1918 Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
1918 Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
2004 Southeastern Ukrainian Autonomous Republic
2012 law on languages
2014 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement

Main places

(Pro-)Russian

Organizations	Russian Armed Forces United Armed Forces of Novorossiya List of equipment Army of the South-East Russian Orthodox Army Vostok Battalion Donetsk Republic (political party) New Russia Party Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Peace for Luhansk Region Borotba Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Ukrainian Choice Russophone Ukraine The Other Russia Eurasian Youth Union

Lead figures	Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov Sergei Shoigu Vladimir Antyufeyev Igor Besler Valery Bolotov Alexander Borodai Mikhail Chumachenko Aleksandr Dugin Igor Girkin Pavel Gubarev Ekaterina Gubareva Igor Kakidzyanov Alexander Khodakovsky Arsen Klinchaev Vladimir Kononov Aleksey Mozgovoy Igor Plotnitsky Vyacheslav Ponomarev Denis Pushilin Oleg Tsaryov Alexander Zakharchenko

Ukrainian

Organizations	Yatsenyuk Government Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard of Ukraine Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Right Sector Territorial defense battalions Aidar Battalion Azov Battalion Dnipro Battalion Donbas Battalion Kharkiv Battalion Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion

Lead figures	Petro Poroshenko Oleksandr Turchynov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Andriy Parubiy Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Valeriy Heletey Mykhailo Koval Mykhailo Kutsyn Oleh Makhnitskyi Viktor Muzhenko Vitaly Yarema Oleh Lyashko Dmytro Yarosh Ihor Kolomoyskyi Serhiy Taruta Ihor Baluta Semen Semenchenko Nadiya Savchenko