Shchastia
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Shchastia (, , ; ) is a city, the former de jure administrative center of Shchastia Raion in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its population was reported as
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Shchastia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Город Счастье.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Shchastia
- Settlement.image_shield
- File:Coat of arms of Shchastia.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Luhansk Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shchastia Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Hromada
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Shchastia urban hromada
- Settlement.parts_type
- Control
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.p1
- Russia
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1754
- Settlement.established_title1
- City Status
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Щастя
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 12629
- Area
- 16.39
- Elevation
- 45
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.schastye-rada.gov.ua
- Image
- Город Счастье.jpg
- Dialing code
- 642
- Licence plate code
- НВ / 13
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- postal code
- 91480
- Commons category
- Shchastia
- inception
- 1601-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1754-00-00
- native label
- Щастя
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- P8168
- The Beatles (No. 1)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Imperial Russian and Soviet rule
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- War in Donbas
- Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Demographics
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Shchastia (, , ; ) is a city, the former de jure administrative center of Shchastia Raion in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its population was reported as
The Luhansk Power Station, a large power plant built in the 1950s, is located north of Shchastia. The town of Shchastia is situated on the Donets river. During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, the city became a key site of fighting, but remained under government control until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. After declaring its annexation of the region in 2022, Russia has claimed the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shchastia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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