Popasna

Popasna
Попасна (Ukrainian)
City
Popasna railway station in 2019
Popasna railway station in 2019
Flag of Popasna
Flag
Coat of arms of Popasna
Coat of arms
Popasna is located in Luhansk Oblast
Popasna
Popasna
Popasna is located in Ukraine
Popasna
Popasna
Coordinates: 48°38′00″N 38°22′48″E / 48.63333°N 38.38000°E / 48.63333; 38.38000
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionSievierodonetsk Raion
HromadaPopasna urban hromada
Founded1878
City status1938
Population
 (2018)
20,600
Map

Popasna (Ukrainian: Попасна; Russian: Попасная, romanized: Popasnaya) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Popasna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] In 2018, it was estimated that it had a population of 20,600 people.[2]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the city was largely destroyed as a result of fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. Since the end of the battle on 8 May 2022, it has been occupied by Russia.[3][4]

History

Founding

Popasna was founded in the late 1870s as a stop on the newly constructed railway connecting the Donbas with industrial centers in more northern parts of what was then the Russian Empire. Construction of the railway station itself began in 1878, and basic housing was built for the workers to live in. By 1890, Popasna was connected by rail to major trade hubs like Debaltseve, Bakhmut, and Lysychansk. Popasna itself became a rail hub, and grew. By 1903, 3,735 people lived in Popasna.[5]

In the Soviet Union

In December 1924, Popasna became the administrative center of Popasna Raion, inside Bakhmut Okruha, Donets Governorate.[6] In February 1932, Popasna Raion was abolished, in connection with the establishment of the oblasts of Ukraine. Popasna itself was transferred to Kadiivka Raion.[7] At some point in the 1930s, Popasna was renamed Imeni L.M. Kahanovycha (Ukrainian: Імені Л. М. Кагановича; lit. '[settlement] named after L.M. Kaganovich').[citation needed] In June 1936, the settlement became the center of Kahanovych Raion within Donetsk Oblast.[8] On 3 June 1938, a large portion of Donetsk Oblast, including Kahanovych Raion and the settlement at its center, was split off to create Voroshilovhrad Oblast (now Luhansk Oblast).[9] The settlement was given city status on 24 October 1938.[5]

During World War II, in 1941–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the town.[10] On 12 June 1944, Kahanovych Raion was renamed to Popasna Raion,[11] and the settlement itself returned to the name Popasna.[citation needed] On 30 December 1962, the raion was abolished again, and Popasna was transferred to the newly created Lysychansk Raion.[12] On 30 December 1977, Lysychansk Raion was renamed to Popasna Raion, and its seat was moved from Lysychansk to Popasna.[13] A local newspaper began circulating in Popasna in March 1979.[14]

21st century

Further information: Battle of Popasna

On 19 June 2014, during the early stages of the war in Donbas, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured Popasna from pro-Russian separatists.[15] On 8 July 2014, separatist militants retook control of the town.[16][17] On 22 July 2014, the Ukrainian Donbas Battalion took back the town from the separatists,[18][19] who abandoned the town that day.[18] Afterwards, the city came under periodic artillery shelling and rocket attacks as well as occasional ground assaults from the separatists for years.[20][21][22][23][24][25] Landmines were also laid near Popasna.[26] By March 2015, the city only had two stores with some basic products and one pharmacy and residents received food distribution through a volunteer organization.[27] Residents also complained about having to pay for public utilities and for having been cut off from social benefits supplied by the Ukrainian government.[27]

In early March 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Popasna was attacked by Russian forces.[28] In the fighting near Popasna, Russian forces reportedly damaged or destroyed every property in the town center. Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, claimed that Russian forces were "removing [Popasna] from the map of Luhansk region".[29] On 7 May 2022, Haidai confirmed that Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat from the city of Popasna to take up more fortified positions, adding "everything was destroyed there". Ukrainian forces announced that they had withdrawn from Popasna, allowing Russia to fully occupy the town.[30] Russia's Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov stated that his troops now control most of the city.[31] Photographic evidence supplied by the governor of Luhansk Oblast has revealed that Russian forces had beheaded and dismembered a Ukrainian soldier and displayed his body parts stuck on poles in the captured city.[32] On 15 August 2022, it was reported that Ukrainian forces hit the regional headquarters of the Wagner Group after a pro-Kremlin reporter revealed its location at Mironovskaya 12 in a photo.[33]

Two months after the battle of Popasna, a Reuters reporter toured the town in July and reported that the town looked entirely deserted by both humans and animals, with nearly all of its buildings either destroyed or heavily damaged.[34] The leader of the Russian Luhansk People's Republic stated there is no point in rebuilding the city destroyed during the Russian assault.[35] In December 2022 Russian forces were reported to have constructed multiple lines of defence to the West of Popasna to blunt any Ukrainian attacks. These defences included "Dragon's teeth", trenches, and pillboxes.[36]

Popasna's status as an independent city was abolished in March 2023 by the Russian occupation authorities due to the extent of the destruction. They have subsequently incorporated Popasna into the administration for Pervomaisk, another Russian-occupied city in Ukraine. They also abolished their version of Popasna Raion completely.[37]

Demographics

Population history
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 3,735[5]—    
1912 6,000[5]+5.41%
1939 26,000[5]+5.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 30,000[5]+0.49%
2001 25,842[38]−0.45%
2018 20,600[2]−1.32%

Ethnic composition according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[38]

Ethnic groups in Popasna
percent
Ukrainians
 
 77.54%
Russians
 
 21.12%
Belarusians
 
 0.42%
Armenians
 
 0.13%
Georgians
 
 0.10%

References

  1. ^ Автор. "Децентралізація в Україні". decentralization.gov.ua. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. ^ a b "Статистичний збірник «Чисельність наявного населення України» на 1 січня 2018 року" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Українські військові відійшли від Попасної на міцніші позиції, - голова Луганської ОВА | Новини Еспресо". espreso.tv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  4. ^ "Людські голови на паркані. Попасна поринула у середньовіччя". Попасна.City (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Попасна, Луганська область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ ЗУРРСУУ/1924/1/49/Про зміни в адміністраційно-територіяльному поділі Донеччини  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  7. ^ ЗЗРРСУУ/1932/5/Про утворення областей на території УСРР  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ ЗЗРРСУУ/1936/34/Про утворення Боково-Антрацитівського, Дзержинського, Кагановичського, Сніжнянського та Харцизького районів Донецької обл…  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
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  10. ^ "Gefängnis Popasna". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  11. ^ Указ ПВР УРСР від 12.6.1944 «Про перейменування Кагановичського району, Ворошиловградської області та Орджонікідзевського району…»  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  12. ^ Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 30.12.1962 «Про укрупнення сільських районів Української РСР»  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  13. ^ Указ Президії Верховної Ради №2882-IX от 30.12.1977, Про перенесення центру Лисичанського району Ворошиловградської області в місто Попасну і перейменування району на Попаснянський. [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No. 2882-IX dated 30 December 1977, On the transfer of the centre of Lysychansk Raion of Voroshilovgrad Oblast to the city of Popasna and the renaming of the district to Popasnyanskyi.]. search.ligazakon.ua. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  14. ^ № 2923. Знамя Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.382
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    (in Ukrainian) In the National Security Council said that the border is still a hole, Ukrainska Pravda (20 June 2014).
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  19. ^ (in Ukrainian) Popasna released, there hung Ukrainian flags, Ukrainska Pravda (22 July 2014).
  20. ^ Luhansk authorities say militants shell Popasna, injure Ukrainian soldier, Kyiv Post (19 June 2015).
  21. ^ Ukrainian soldiers in Luhansk Oblast's Popasna brace for Independence Day attack, Kyiv Post (23 August 2015).
  22. ^ Militants fire mortar shells on Popasna town, Ukrinform (10 November 2015).
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