Luhansk

Luhansk is a large industrial city, the center of the easternmost region of Ukraine.

It was founded at the end of the 18th century on the banks of the Luhan River, on the site of one of the Cossack guard posts in the Wild Field.

The development in the 19th century was associated with the construction of a foundry in the village of Kamyany Brid, which produced cannons for the Black Sea Fleet, and then a large steam locomotive factory.

The outstanding writer and linguist Volodymyr Dal, the author of the explanatory dictionary, was born here. The construction of the old part of the city with buildings of the XVIII-XIX centuries has been partially preserved. Luhansk City Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of September.

It has been under Russian occupation since ...

Luhansk is a large industrial city, the center of the easternmost region of Ukraine.

It was founded at the end of the 18th century on the banks of the Luhan River, on the site of one of the Cossack guard posts in the Wild Field.

The development in the 19th century was associated with the construction of a foundry in the village of Kamyany Brid, which produced cannons for the Black Sea Fleet, and then a large steam locomotive factory.

The outstanding writer and linguist Volodymyr Dal, the author of the explanatory dictionary, was born here. The construction of the old part of the city with buildings of the XVIII-XIX centuries has been partially preserved. Luhansk City Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of September.

It has been under Russian occupation since 2014.