Pryvillia

For other uses, see Pryvillia (disambiguation).
Pryvillia
Привілля (in Ukrainian)
City
Main square of Pryvillia
Main square of Pryvillia
Coat of arms of Pryvillia
Coat of arms
Pryvillia is located in Ukraine
Pryvillia
Pryvillia
Pryvillia is located in Luhansk Oblast
Pryvillia
Pryvillia
Coordinates: 49°00′N 38°18′E / 49°N 38.3°E / 49; 38.3
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionSievierodonetsk urban hromada
HromadaLysychansk urban hromada
Founded1695
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
6,520
Area code(+380)
Vehicle registrationBB / 13
ClimateDfb
Map

Pryvillia (Ukrainian: Привілля, Russian: Приволье) is a city in Lysychansk urban hromada, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 6,520 (2022 estimate).[1]

Geography

Pryvillia is situated on steep slopes along the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River.

History

On 7 May 2022, Russian forces shelled the city during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Two teenage boys, aged 11 and 14 respectively, were killed.[2] Russian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets river and captured the city sometime between 28 June and 1 July.[3][4][5]

In the beginning of August, the Bellingcat group reported that the earlier published videos of mutilation and subsequent murder of an unidentified Ukrainian soldier by Russian paramilitaries were geolocated to the Pryvillia Sanatorium, located in Pryvillia.[6]

Demographics

Ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]

Ethnic groups in Pryvillia
percent
Ukrainians
 
 71.05%
Russians
 
 26.09%
Belarusians
 
 1.48%
Tatars
 
 0.28%
Moldovans
 
 0.19%
Poles
 
 0.14%
Armenians
 
 0.12%


Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]

Languages in Pryvillia
Languages percent
Russian
 
 78.7%
Ukrainian
 
 20.7%
Belarusian
 
 0.2%
Armenian
 
 0.1%

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Russia bombs school in Ukraine village, dozens feared dead - National | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  3. ^ "Источник: город Приволье, где ВСУ оборудовали опорный пункт, перешел под контроль ЛНР". tass.ru (in Russian). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  4. ^ Цензор.НЕТ (2 July 2022). "Противник глибоко просунувся та захопив частину міста Лисичанськ". Цензор.НЕТ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  5. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 2". Institute for the Study of War. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  6. ^ "Tracking the Faceless Killers who Mutilated and Executed a Ukrainian POW". Bellingcat. 5 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Національний склад міст".
  8. ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.