Liubymivka ( uk, Любимівка) or Dzerzhynskyi ( uk, Дзержинський; russian: Дзержинский) is a rural settlement in Rovenky urban hromada,

Rovenky Raion Rovenky Raion ( uk, Ровеньківський район, russian: Ровеньковский район) is a prospective raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative ...

of Luhansk Oblast ( region), Ukraine. Its population is

History

It was originally known as ''Liubymivka'', until 1926, when it was renamed ''Dzerzhynskyi'' by the Soviet government in honor of Bolshevik revolutionary

Felix Dzerzhinsky Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Poland, Polish n ...

. During World War II, the town was occupied by Nazi Germany between July 1942 and February 1943. In 2016, the settlement was renamed Liubymivka as part of

decommunization in Ukraine Decommunization in Ukraine started during and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. With the success of the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, the Ukrainian government approved Ukrainian decommunization laws, laws that outlawed commun ...

.https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1351-19#Text

References

Rural settlements in Rovenky Raion Rovenky urban hromada {{Luhansk-geo-stub