Shchastia
Sign in to saveShchastia (, , ; ) 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
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- Country
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- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Luhansk Oblast
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- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shchastia Raion
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- 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
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- Imperial Russian and Soviet rule
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- War in Donbas
- Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Demographics
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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
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.