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Krasnodon
Sign in to saveKrasnodon () or Sorokyne (; ) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sorokyne
- Settlement.official_name
- Sorokyne / Krasnodon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- TYe Uhtcjrg.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sorokyne skyline
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Krasnodon.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- COA krasnodon.PNG
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Luhansk Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dovzhansk Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Hromada
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sorokyne urban hromada
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1914 as Sorokino
- Settlement.established_title1
- Renamed
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1938
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Сорокино
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Official language
- Russian
- Population
- 48026
- Area
- 77.33
- Elevation
- 171
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- krasnodon.su
- Image
- Krasnodon or Sorokyne night scene.jpg
- Dialing code
- 6435
- Licence plate code
- НВ / 13
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- postal code
- 94400
- Commons category
- Krasnodon
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Krasnodon
- topic's main category
- Category:Krasnodon
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Krasnodon
- inception
- 1914-00-00
- native label
- Краснодон
- time of earliest written record
- 1859-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Economy
- Demographics
- Gallery
- Notable people
- See also
- External links
- References
Krasnodon () or Sorokyne (; ) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately
Krasnodon came under control of pro-Russian separatists in early 2014, and was incorporated into the Lugansk People's Republic (LNR). Since then, it has been continually controlled by the LNR, and since 2022, explicitly by Russia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Krasnodon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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