Molodohvardiisk
Молодогвардійськ | |
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 Cultural Centre | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Molodohvardiisk | |
  Molodohvardiisk  Molodohvardiisk | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′40″N 39°39′30″E / 48.3444°N 39.6583°E / 48.3444; 39.6583 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Luhansk Raion |
| Hromada | Molodohvardiisk urban hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 22,449 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Molodohvardiisk (Ukrainian: Молодогвардійськ IPA: [mɔɫɔdɔɦʋɐrˈdʲii̯sʲk] ; Russian: Молодогвардейск, romanized: Molodogvardeysk) or Otamanivka (Ukrainian: Отаманівка) is a city in Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region), in eastern Ukraine. Residence of Molodohvardiisk urban hromada. Its population is approximately 22,449 (2022 estimate).[1]
History
Previous settlements at this location were called Sotsmistechko in the 1950s, and Atamanivka in the 1940s. Molodohvardiisk was originally established in 1955, named after the Young Guard resistance group. It was granted city status in 1961.
In January 1989 the population of the city was 31 766 people.[2]
In 2013 the population of the city was 23 332 people.[3]
Since 2014, Molodohvardiisk has been controlled by the Russian-controlled Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities.[4]
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Molodohvardiisk to Otamanivka.[5]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]
- Russian 88.6%
- Ukrainian 10.9%
- Belarusian 0.2%
Facilities
The town has three comprehensive education schools, a music school, an art school, and a house of culture.
Notable people
- Henri Avagyan, Armenian professional footballer
References
- 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.
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.74
- "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions]. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
48°20′40″N 39°39′30″E / 48.34444°N 39.65833°E / 48.34444; 39.65833