Zorynsk

Zorynsk
City
Zorynsk is located in Ukraine
Zorynsk
Zorynsk
Zorynsk is located in Luhansk Oblast
Zorynsk
Zorynsk
Coordinates: 48°25′00″N 38°37′00″E / 48.4167°N 38.6167°E / 48.4167; 38.6167
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionAlchevsk Raion
HromadaAlchevsk urban hromada
City status on1963
Area
 • Total
8.68 km2 (3.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
Decrease 7,096
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Zorynsk (Ukrainian: Зоринськ), is a city in Alchevsk urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Population: 7,096 (2022 estimate)[1]. 7,331 (2013 est.)[2]

Zorynsk has been a city since 1963. From 2014 on, and the War in Donbas (2014–2022), Zorynsk has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic.[3] Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the territory as part of their LNR / LPR.

On 12 June 2020, in accordance with the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 717-r "On the determination of administrative centers and approval of territories of territorial communities of the Luhansk Oblast", it became part of the Alchevsk urban hromada.[4]

On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of Perevalsk Raion, it became part of Alchevsk Raion.[5]

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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Луганської області". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-29.


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