Urban locality in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Rural settlement in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Ivanivske (Ukrainian: Іванівське), also known as Lotykove (Ukrainian: Лотикове), is a rural settlement in Zymohiria urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Population: 3,093 (2022 estimate)[2]
History
The settlement was founded in the early 20th century where it was named Ivanovsky Rudnik, then Gustav in 1912 after the entrepreneur.
In 1919, the settlement was renamed to Lotikovo, in memory of the Bolshevik revolutionary Vasiliya Petrovicha Lotikova.
On May 12, 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had de jure renamed the settlement to Ivanivske,[3] but the change is de facto not recognized by the Luhansk People's Republic.[citation needed]
Demographics
Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
Notable people
References