Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast
Kypuche (Ukrainian: Кипуче), formerly known as Artemivsk / Artemovsk (Ukrainian: Артемівськ, translit.: Artemivs’k, Russian: Артёмовск) is a city in the Perevalsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 7,162 (2022 est.)[1], 7,506 (2013 est.)[2].
Kypuche
Кипуче (in Ukrainian) | |
|---|---|
  Kypuche  Kypuche | |
| Coordinates: 48°26′20″N 38°43′3″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Country |  Luhansk People's Republic |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Perevalsk Raion |
| Founded | 1910 |
| City Status | 1961 |
| Control | Occupied by the Luhansk People's Republic (Russia) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 7,162 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfb |
The city has been under the control of the separatist Lugansk People's Republic since 2014.
The city is located some 60k from Bakhmut, which was also known as Artemovsk during the Soviet era.
History
The city was founded as Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Катеринівка) village in 1910 close to the railway station of Kypyche (Vigorous). Its name was changed to Artema in 1923 and to Artemovsk in 1938 after the Russian revolutionary and Stalinist figure Comrade Artyom.
From 2014 until its annexation by Russia in 2022, the city was occupied by pro-Russian forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.[3]
On May 12, 2016, Ukraine's national parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, decided to restore the name of Kypuche as part of the country's decommunization process.[4][5] However, the local occupying authorities did not recognize the name change and Russia has continued not to after annexation.[6]
Notable people
- Lidiya Ponomarenko (1922–2013), Ukrainian historian
- Volodymyr Shcherban (born 1950), Ukrainian politician
Economy
Kypuche's major industry is coal mining. Southeast of the town, the important power grid node Donbass-750 is located.
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (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. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України
- UNIAN
- "Сталино и Ворошиловград: зачем Россия возвращает дончан и луганчан в прошлое". Radio Free Europe.