Ivanivske ( uk, Іванівське), also known as Lotykove ( uk, Лотикове), is a rural settlement in

Zymohiria urban hromada Zymohiria urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Zymohiria. The hromada contains 22 settlements: 1 city (Zymohiria), 6 rural settlements ( Ivanivske, Kryvorizhzh ...

, Alchevsk Raion ( district), Luhansk Oblast ( region), Ukraine. Population:

History

The settlement was founded in the early 20th century where it was named ''Ivanovsky Rudnik'', then ''Gustav'' in 1912 after the entrepreneur. In 1919, the settlement was renamed to Lotikovo, in memory of the Bolshevik revolutionary Vasiliya Petrovicha Lotikova. On May 12, 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had de jure renamed the settlement to ''Ivanivske'', but the change is de facto not recognized by the Luhansk People's Republic.

Demographics

Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
/ref> * Ukrainian: 7.77% * Russian: 92.06% * Others 0.03%

Notable people

* (1920–1945), corporal and Hero of the Soviet Union

References

Rural settlements in Alchevsk Raion Zymohiria urban hromada {{Luhansk-geo-stub