Bokovo-Khrustalne

Vakhrusheve ( uk, Вахрушеве; ) or Bokovo-Khrustalne ( uk, Боково-Хрустальне) is a city in Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast ( region) of Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia. Population: ,

History

Vakhrusheve is one of the youngest cities in Luhansk Oblast. The first settlements in the area around the modern city arose in the late 18th century, in the time of the Russian Empire. Some minor mines were built in the early 20th century, but more major development began in 1914. During World War II, the settlements that would later become Vakhrusheve were occupied by Nazi Germany, which tortured and murdered residents of the villages.

In 1954, several local villages were merged into an urban-type settlement named ''Vakhrusheve'', after Soviet statesman Vasily Vakhrushev. Vakhrusheve received city status in 1963.

Since 2014, Vakhrusheve has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities. In 2016, it was renamed by the Verkhovna Rada to ''Bokovo-Khrustalne'' according to the law prohibiting the names of Communist origin.

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
* Russian 82.6%
* Ukrainian 13.2%
*Belarusian 0.1%
*" Moldovan" ( Romanian) 0.1%

References

Cities in Luhansk Oblast
Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Former Soviet toponymy in Ukraine
Khrustalnyi urban hromada

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