Hirske

Hirske (, ; ) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Hirske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its pre-war population was

Key facts

Settlement.name: Hirske
Settlement.native_name: Гірське
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Hirske
Settlement.image_seal: Hirske gerb.jpg
Settlement.shield_alt: Hirske_gerb.jpg
Settlement.image_skyline: 44-238-0003, Братська могила радянських воїнів, м.Гірське (1).jpg
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1898
Settlement.established_title1: City status
Settlement.established_date1: 1938
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 9100
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2

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Official name: Горское
Area: 14.4
Elevation: 77
Image: 44-238-0003, Братська могила радянських воїнів, м.Гірське (1).jpg
Dialing code: 6455

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postal code: 93292
native label: Горское
inception: 1898-00-00
Commons category: Hirske
P8168: 5229 Irurita

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Hirske (, ; ) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Hirske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its pre-war population was

Before 1938, it was named Hirsko-Ivanivsk (). During the Russo-Ukrainian War, it has been a site of protracted violence, and was eventually captured by Russian and proxy forces during the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.