Sentianivka ( uk, Сентянівка; russian: link=no, Сентяновка), known as Frunze ( uk, Фрунзе) from 1930 to 2016, is a
rural settlement in
Kadiivka urban hromada,
Alchevsk Raion (
district),
Luhansk Oblast (
region),
Ukraine, at about 43 km
WNW from the centre of
Luhansk city, on the banks of the
Luhan River
The Luhan or Lugan ( uk, Лугань, Luhan, russian: Лугань, Lugan; also known as Luhanka or Luganka, ) is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Seversky Donets, in the basin of the Don. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . .
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History
19th and 20th century
The origins of Sentianivka go back to the 1860s-1880s in the Russian Empire, when three villages named Sentianivka, Novoselivka, and Krasnohorivka were founded on the lands of a retired military officer with the surname ''Sentianin'', who had served in the Bakhmut hussar regiment. In 1901, there were riots in Sentianivka against mistreatment by a landlord. Rioters burned down a brick factory and granaries. Cossack authorities suppressed the rebellion. A railway station was built in Sentianivka in 1908-1910.[ in honor of the communist revolutionary Mikhail Frunze.
Frunze was temporarily occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The citizens waged ]partisan warfare
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against the Nazis.[
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21st century
Frunze was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the war in Donbas that started in mid-April 2014.
During the decommunization in Ukraine
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that began after the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, the Ukrainian parliament attempted to return the historical name of the village, Sentianivka. However, due to a clerical error, the initial law actually renamed the town to ''Sentiakivka''. This was quickly fixed in an amendment, officially returning the historical name to ''Sentianivka''.
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 3,752 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:Ukrainian
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— 61.0+%
* Russian — 37.87%
*Others — 1.04%
References
Rural settlements in Alchevsk Raion
Kadiivka urban hromada
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