Molodohvardiysk

Molodohvardiysk (Ukrainian: Молодогвардійськ, translit. Molodohvardiys’k, Russian: Молодогвардейск, translit. Molodogvardeysk) is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located in the Krasnodon Raion (district) of the Luhansk Oblast (province).

In 1991 the estimated population was around 31,700.

Molodohvardiysk was originally established in 1955 as the Molodogvardeyskiy village, named after the Young Guard resistance group. It was granted city status in 1961.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[1]

• Russian 88.6%
• Ukrainian 10.9%
• Belarusian 0.2%

References

Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast Administrative center: Luhansk Raions 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 Shchastya Starobilsk Sukhodilsk Svatove Vakhrusheve Zolote Zorynsk Zymohiria Urban-type settlements Category:Luhansk Oblast

Coordinates: 48°20′40″N 39°39′30″E / 48.34444°N 39.65833°E / 48.34444; 39.65833