Sviatohirsk

Sviatohirsk (, ; , ), formerly Slovianohirsk (), is a city in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. It stands on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River, from the city of Sloviansk. The population is It is located in the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. The 16th-century Sviatohirsk Lavra Monastery is located in the city.

== History == thumb|left|Late-19th-century view of the Sviatohirsk Lavra A settlement in the area of the Holy Mountains was first mentioned in written sources in the 16th century. In 1624, the Sviatohirsk Lavra Holy Mountains monastery was established here, but in the end of the 18th century all monastic lands were secularized and passed on to private owners. One of the new owners built a bathing house on the nearby lake, which led to the settlement being called Banne ()/Bannoye () or Bannovskoye (); literally bathing. The proximity of a nearby selo of Tatyanovka lead to both places sometimes being collectively referred as Bannoye-Tatyanovka ().