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THE LUGANSKS REGIONLuhansk
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Coordinates:  48°34′N 39°18′E / 48.567°N 39.3°E / 48.567; 39.3
Luhansk also known as Lugansk (Ukrainian: Луганськ [luˈɦɑnʲsʲk], translit. Luhans’k; Russian: Луга́нск, translit. [luˈgɑnsk]) is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast (province). The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast, and is part of the Donbass region. The current estimated population is around 445,900 (as of 2004)
The city traces its history to 1795, when the British industrialist Charles Gascoigne
founded a metal factory there. It was the beginning of an industry that
still thrives there today. Luhansk achieved the status of city in 1882.
Located in the Donets Basin, Luhansk was developed by the Soviet authorities into an important industrial center of the Eastern Europe, particularly a home to the major locomotive-building company.
During the Soviet times the city was known as Voroshilovgrad (Russian and Ukrainian: Ворошиловград) in honour of the Soviet military commander and politician Kliment Voroshilov,
a native of Lugansk. The name was changed on November 5, 1935, but on
March 5, 1958, the old name was reinstated in accordance with a new law
that prohibited namings in honour of living people. On January 5, 1970,
after Voroshilov died, the name was changed again to Voroshilovgrad.
Finally, on May 4, 1990, a decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR gave back the city its original name. Luhansk Pyramid
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On September 7, 2006, Archaeologists in Ukraine claimed an ancient
pyramidal structure, which they allege outdates those in Egypt by at
least 300 years, was discovered near Luhansk. The stone foundations of
the structure are said to resemble Aztec and Mayan pyramids in South
America.
[edit] Famous people from Luhansk
- Sergey Bubka (born 1963), Soviet pole vaulter, World Record holder, and Olympic Champion
- Vasiliy Bubka (born 1960), Soviet pole vaulter
- Vladimir Dal (1801-1872), greatest Russian lexicographer
- Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976), a mixed martial arts champion
- Andriy Serdinov (born 1982), Ukrainian swimmer
- Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet military commander, born in a suburb of Luhansk
- Aleksandr Zavarov (born 1961), a famous Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach
- Valeriy Brumel (1942 - 2003), a famous Soviet olympic champion
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