Luhansk is a city in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, also written Lugansk in Russian, and one of the larger cities of the country. It grew from a foundry and ammunition factory set up in the 1790s beside the Luhan River and received city status in 1882. Under the Soviet Union it was named Voroshilovgrad twice, from 1935 to 1958 and again from 1970 to 1990, before the name Luhansk was restored. It was the administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast until pro-Russian separatists took control of it in 2014 and made it the capital of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, a status no government recognized as legitimate. Locomotive building became a major industry after a works opened there in 1900. Its hot-summer humid continental climate has produced both the highest and the lowest temperatures ever recorded in Ukraine.
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As of 2022, the population was estimated to be 397,677 (2022 estimate), making Luhansk the 12th-largest city in Ukraine.
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Luhansk has a hot summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa).
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Luhansk (Ukrainian: Луга́нськ), also known as Lugansk (Russian: Луга́нск), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
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Luhansk (Ukrainian: Луга́нськ), also known as Lugansk (Russian: Луга́нск), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
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Luhansk (Ukrainian: Луга́нськ), also known as Lugansk (Russian: Луга́нск), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
Capital Of: Luhansk Oblast, Lead, administrative center
Luhansk served as the administrative center of Luhansk Oblast, before pro-Russian separatists seized control of the city in 2014
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Has Capital: Luhansk Oblast, Lead, capital
Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk.
Largest City: Luhansk Oblast, Geography, largest city
As a result of the war in Donbas, Luhansk insurgents control the southern third of the oblast, which includes the city of Luhansk, the region's most populous city and the capital of the oblast.
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