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Alchevsk

Also known as Kommunarsk, Voroshylovsk

Alchevsk (; ) is a city and the nominal administrative center of Alchevsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It is located from the administrative center of the oblast, Luhansk. Population:

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Alchevsk is a city in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region that serves as the administrative center of its district in Luhansk Oblast. The city is significant as a major urban center in this economically important but conflict-affected region of Ukraine.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Alchevsk
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Donbass State Technical University main building.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Donbas State Technical University
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Alchevsk.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Alchevsk.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Luhansk Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Alchevsk Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Alchevsk urban hromada
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1895
Settlement.established_title1: City Status
Settlement.established_date1: 1932
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Oleksiy Alchevsky
Official name: Варашылаўск
Official language: Ukrainian
Population: 107438
Area: 50
Elevation: 240
Time zone: Eastern European Time
Capital of: Alchevsk Raion
Official website: alchevsk.su
Image: Donbass State Technical University main building.jpg
Dialing code: 6442

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twinned administrative body: Dąbrowa Górnicza
Commons category: Alchevsk
topic's main category: Category:Alchevsk
category for people born here: Category:Births in Alchevsk
postal code: 294200–294299
category of associated people: Category:People from Alchevsk
Commons gallery: Алчевськ
inception: 1895-05-26
native label: Алчeвськ
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Winter disaster of 2006
War in Donbas (2014–present)
Economy
Demographics
Education
Sports
Twin towns and sister cities
Notable people
References
Sources
External links

thumb|Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works Alchevsk is one of the largest industrial centers in the Donbas, and comprises a quarter of the entire oblast's production. Its economy depends on the companies of OJSC "Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works" (a trade blockade by Ukrainian activists during the war in Donbas has all but halted production of this plant in February 2017) and "Alchevsk Coke-Chemical Plant".

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