Mykolaivka (; ) is a village in
Luhansk urban hromada
Luhansk urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Luhansk.
The hromada contains 35 settlements: 2 cities (Luhansk and Oleksandrivsk), 23 villages:
And 5 rural se ...
,
Luhansk Raion
Luhansk Raion (; ) is a prospective raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It was formally created in July 2020 as part of a reformation of Ukraine's administrative divisions. The center of the raion is in the city of Luhansk. Population: ...
,
Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the n ...
(
region
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),
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, at about 12.4 km
ENE from the centre of
Luhansk
Luhansk (, ; , ), also known as Lugansk (, ; , ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the population was estimated to be making Luhansk the Cities in Ukraine, 12th-largest city in Ukraine.
Luhansk served as the administra ...
city, on the right bank of the
Siverskyi Donets river.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the
War in Donbass
The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian paramilitaries seized several towns. Ukraine's military launched an operation ...
, that started in 2014.
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 2,135 inhabitants. Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
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* Ukrainian — 34.57%
*Russian — 64.22%
*Others — 1.21%
References
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Villages in Luhansk Raion
Luhansk urban hromada