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Luhansk Oblast
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administrative division (oblast) in eastern Ukraine
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Luhansk Oblast is an administrative region established on June 3, 1938. It covers an area of 26,684 square kilometers and has a population of 2,205,400. The region is associated with the Commons category "Luhansk Oblast."
The local dialing code is 64. Vehicle license plates use the codes "ВВ" and "НВ." Postal codes range from 91000 to 94999, specifically including the blocks 91000–91999, 92000–92999, 93000–93999, and 94000–94999. Official correspondence can be directed to the email address [email protected].
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Within Vinony's link graph, Luhansk Oblast is referenced by 1,257 other articles, and connects out to Donbas, Dovzhansk and Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics 1938 establishments in Ukraine, Donbas and Luhansk Oblast.
Its subject is documented across 96 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Official name
- Луганська область
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Russia
- Contains
- Starobilsk Raion
- Capital
- Siverskodonetsk
- Official language
- Ukrainian
- Population
- 2167802
- Area
- 26684
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Shares border with
- Kharkiv Oblast
- Highest point
- Mohyla Mechetna
- Image
- Luhansk in Ukraine.svg
- Dialing code
- 64
- Licence plate code
- НВ
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- Commons category
- Luhansk Oblast
- topic's main category
- Category:Luhansk Oblast
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Luhansk Oblast
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Luhansk Oblast
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Luhansk Oblast
- inception
- 1938-06-03
- topic has template
- Template:Luhansk Oblast
- postal code
- 94000–94999
- native label
- Ворошиловградська область
- territory claimed by
- Russia
- short name
- Ворошиловградська область
- different from
- Luhansk People's Republic
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (Луганщина), is the easternmost oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the name Voroshilovgrad Oblast until 1958 and again from 1970 to 1991. Before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, its population was estimated at 2,102,921.
Important cities in Luhansk Oblast include Alchevsk, Antratsyt, Brianka, Kadiivka, Kirovsk, Krasnodon, Khrustalnyi, Luhansk, Lysychansk, Pervomaisk, Rovenky, Rubizhne, Sievierodonetsk and Sverdlovsk. All of the oblast is in the Donbas region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luhansk Oblast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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