Urban locality in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Rural settlement in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Nyzhnia Duvanka (Ukrainian: Нижня Дуванка; Russian: Нижняя Дуванка, romanized: Nizhnyaya Duvanka) is a rural settlement in Sloboda Ukraine, in the Svatove Raion of the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Population: 1,902 (2022 estimate)[1]
History
On 14 December 1960, Nizhnyaya Duvanka received the status of an urban-type settlement.[2] In July 1995, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the decision to privatize the state farm.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 2,429. The linguistic composition was:[4]
Native languages in Nyzhnia Duvanka |
|
|
percent |
Ukrainian |
|
94.0% |
Russian |
|
5.6% |
Belarusian |
|
0.1% |
others |
|
0.3% |
|
Notable people
Dmytro Streknev, (1997-2019), Ukrainian soldier awarded with the Order for Courage[5]
References