Stakhanov (Kadiyivka)
Kadiivka (Кадіївка), or Stakhanov (Стаханов; Стаханов), is a city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The city is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Its population is approximately. The city has been under the control of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic since early 2014.
Before 1937 the city was known as Kadiivka. From 1937 to 1940, the city was named Sergo or Serho (Серго) after Bolshevik leader Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and then from 1940 to 1978, the city was again known as Kadiivka.
On 15 February 1978, the city was renamed Stakhanov after the renown Soviet miner Alexey Stakhanov, who started his career there.
Since 2014, the city has been occupied by Russian-backed militia troops as a part of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). Although Ukraine does not control the territory of LPR, it is internationally recognized as a part of Ukraine by most member states of the United Nations.
On May 12, 2016, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada within the process of decommunization changed its legal name back to historic Kadiivka, although the Russian occupation government ("Lugansk People's Republic") does not recognize the decision and keeps using the Soviet name.
Before 1937 the city was known as Kadiivka. From 1937 to 1940, the city was named Sergo or Serho (Серго) after Bolshevik leader Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and then from 1940 to 1978, the city was again known as Kadiivka.
On 15 February 1978, the city was renamed Stakhanov after the renown Soviet miner Alexey Stakhanov, who started his career there.
Since 2014, the city has been occupied by Russian-backed militia troops as a part of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). Although Ukraine does not control the territory of LPR, it is internationally recognized as a part of Ukraine by most member states of the United Nations.
On May 12, 2016, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada within the process of decommunization changed its legal name back to historic Kadiivka, although the Russian occupation government ("Lugansk People's Republic") does not recognize the decision and keeps using the Soviet name.
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During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The area was then contested, divided, and ruled by a variety of external powers for the next 600 years, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in central Ukraine in the 17th century, but was partitioned between Russia and Poland, and ultimately absorbed by the Russian Empire. Ukrainian nationalism developed, and following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic was formed. The Bolsheviks consolidated control over much of the former empire and established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was formed in 1922. In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, a man-made famine. During World War II, Ukraine was devastated by the German occupation.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia | â‚´ | 2 |
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HU | Hungarian language |
PL | Polish language |
RU | Russian language |
UK | Ukrainian language |