Іrmino () is a city in

Stakhanov Municipality Kadiivka (), or Stakhanov (; ), is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (Oblast, region) of eastern Ukraine occupied by Russia. The city is incorporated as a city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance. Its population is approxima ...

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(

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) of

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. Population: , . Sole tramcar on the Stakhanov-Irmino line - panoramio

Since 2014, Irmino has been controlled by forces of the so-called

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 ...

and not by Ukrainian authorities.

Geography

Irmino is located 55 km

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Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

. It is part of the

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Alchevsk Alchevsk ( uk, Алчéвськ, translit. ''Alchevs'k''; russian: Алчéвск) is a city of significance in the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. It is located approximately from the oblast capital, Luhansk. Alchevsk is one of the largest indus ...

Kadiivka Kadiivka (), or Stakhanov (; ), is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (Oblast, region) of eastern Ukraine occupied by Russia. The city is incorporated as a city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance. Its population is approxima ...

, in

Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...

. It is located on the banks of the river Lougan.

History

Irmino was the first village of Petrovka/Petrivka (in uk, Петрівка) founded in 1808 on the right bank of the Lugan by peasants from the

Poltava region Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

and renamed Irminka in 1898, or Irmino (Ірміно) around 1910, after the coal mine named after Irma, daughter of the mine owner. In 1936, the village achieved city status and took on the name Teplohirsk in 1977. On July 8, 2010 the town was renamed Irmino. It was in Irmino, at the “Tsentralno-Irmino” mine, where he had been working since 1927, that

Alexey Stakhanov Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov ( rus, Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов, p=staˈxanəf; 3 January 1906 – 5 November 1977) was a Soviet and Russian miner, Hero of Socialist Labour (1970), and a member of the CP ...

managed to extract of coal, i.e. 14 times the norm, on the night of August 30 to August 31, 1935. At the time, the village of Irmino depended on

, and Stakhanov's registration would have been made at the Tsentralnaya-Irmino mine in Kadyivka.

Name

*1808 — 1900 — Petrovka (Petrovka), *1900— 1962 — Brother (Irmino), *1977 — 2010 — Teplohirsk (Теплогірсь)

Demographics

* 1923 - 2,794 * 1926 - 5,276 * 1939 - 15,327 * 1959 - 21,512 * 1979 - 19,090 * 1989 - 18,549 * 2001 - 13,053 * 2012 - 10,200 * 2013 - 10,044 * 2014 - 9,886 * 2015 - 9,764 * 2016 - 9,687 * 2021 - 9,343

Transport

Irmino was 116 km from Louhansk by rail and 75 km by road.

References

1808 establishments in Ukraine Cities in Luhansk Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places established in 1808 Populated places established in the Russian Empire {{Luhansk-geo-stub