Vakhrusheve
Vakhrusheve
Вахрушеве (in Ukrainian) | |
|---|---|
 Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Vakhrusheve | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 11,457 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Vakhrusheve (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru), is a city in Krasnyi Luch Municipality, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 11,457 (2021 est.)[1], 11,878 (2013 est.)[2].
Since 2014, Vakhrusheve has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities.[3] In 2016, it was renamed by the Verkhovna Rada to Bokovo-Khrustalne (Template:Lang-uk) according to the law prohibiting the names of Communist origin.[4] The name is not being used locally.
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
- Russian 82.6%
- Ukrainian 13.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
- Moldavian 0.1%
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Рада переименовала Торез, Красный Луч, Краснодон, Свердловск и Стаханов". Lb.ua (in Russian). 12 May 2016.
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48°10′00″N 38°50′00″E / 48.1667°N 38.8333°E
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