Sokilnyky ( uk, Сокільники; russian: link=no, Сокольники) is a village in
Sievierodonetsk Raion (
district) in
Luhansk Oblast of eastern
Ukraine, at about 30.0 km
NW from the centre of
Luhansk city.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the
War in Donbass
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, that started in 2014.
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 377 inhabitants. Native language distribution as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
*
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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* So ...
: 19.63%
*Russian: 80.37%
References
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Villages in Sievierodonetsk Raion