Slovianoserbsk ( uk, Слов'яносербськ, Slovyanoserbsk; or Slavianoserbsk, russian: Славяносербск, Slavyanoserbsk) is an

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in Alchevsk Raion of

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in eastern

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. It was the

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Slovianoserbsk Raion Slovianoserbsk Raion () was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. It was named after Slavo-Serbia, an imperial Russian province that existed between 1753–64. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrativ ...

before the district was abolished in 2020. Its population is ,

History

The settlement was founded by

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settlers in 1753. From 1753 to 1764, Slovianoserbsk was the capital of Russian territory

Slavo-Serbia Slavo-Serbia or Slaveno-Serbia ( uk, Слов'яносербія, Slov'ianoserbiia; russian: Славяносербия, Slavyanoserbiya; sr, Славеносрбија / or / ; Slavonic-Serbian: Славо-Сербія or Славено-Се� ...

as Podgornoie (russian: Подгорное, Podgornoye; or Pidhirne, uk, Підгірне; 1754–84). In 1764 Slavo-Serbia was transformed into the Donets county and in 1784 the town was renamed into Donetskoie (russian: Донецкое, Donetskoye, link=no; or Donetske, uk, Донецьке, link=no). In 1796, it lost its status of a county seat. In 1817 it became again a county seat, and both the town and county were renamed to Slavianoserbsk. In 1870, the town had a population of 3,156. It hosted three annual

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s in the late 19th century. Soon after the Ukrainian independence of 1918, Ukrainian form of Slovianoserbsk was adopted as well. A local newspaper is published in the city since March 1939. During

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, in 1942–1943, the German occupiers operated a Nazi prison in the town. Since 2014, Slovianoserbsk has been controlled by the separatist troops (so-called LNR) and their Russian supporters.

Demographics

According to the

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, the town had 61.72% Russian speakers and 37.54% Ukrainian speakers.

People from Slovianoserbsk

Yuriy Klymenko Yuriy Yuriyovyvch Klymenko ( uk, Юрій Юрійович Клименко; born on 31 March 1973) is a Ukrainian politician and activist who was the Acting Governor of Luhansk Oblast in 2015. He had served as the deputy head of the Luhansk Regi ...

(born 1973), Ukrainian politician

References

Urban-type settlements in Alchevsk Raion Slovianoserbsk Raion Populated places established in 1753 Slavo-Serbia Slavyanoserbsky Uyezd {{Luhansk-geo-stub