Hirske (), or Gorskoye (), is a city in the
Sievierodonetsk Raion
Sievierodonetsk Raion ( uk, Сєвєродонецький район, russian: Северодонецкий район) is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of admi ...
of the
Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...
(
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
) of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. Population: .
History
Starting mid-April 2014
pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Hirske. On 13 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists. However, on 1 September 2014 it was recaptured again.
On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the towns of Hirske and
Zolote
Zolote ( uk, Золотé; russian: Золотóе; lit. «Golden») is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: . The town consists of villages that were merged to create Zolote. Currently these villages a ...
and the urban-type settlements of
Nyzhnie
Nyzhnie ( ua, Нижнє, pl, Butelka Niżna) is a village (''selo'') in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country ...
and
Toshkivka
Toshkivka ( uk, Тошківка; russian: link=no, Тошковка) is an urban-type settlement in Sievierodonetsk Raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 30 km WNW from the centre of Luhansk city. Population:
H ...
were transferred from
Pervomaisk Municipality
Pervomaisk (, ) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, on the left bank of the Luhan River. Since 2014, the city has been controlled by the pro-Russian self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. The population in 2001 was 38,800, which fell ...
to Popasna Raion.
Hirske was placed under the ''de facto'' control of the
Luhansk People's Republic
The Luhansk or Lugansk People's Republic (russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика, Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika, ; abbreviated as LPR or LNR, rus, ЛНР) is a disputed entity created by Russian-backed ...
on 23 June 2022, after it was captured by advancing Russian and LPR forces during the
battle of Donbas.
Demographics
Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
*
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
53.2%
*
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
41.6%
*
Belarusian 0.5%
*
Moldovan (
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
) 0.1%
References
Cities in Luhansk Oblast
Sievierodonetsk Raion
Populated places established in the Russian Empire
Territorial disputes of Ukraine
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