Oleksandrivsk

Oleksandrivsk
Oleksandrivsk; Олександрівськ; Aleksandrovsk
	City
	Flag Coat of arms
	Oleksandrivsk Location of Miusynsk in Luhansk Oblast Oleksandrivsk Oleksandrivsk (Ukraine)
	Coordinates: 48°35′N 39°11′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	City of Luhansk
Population (2013)
• Total	6,635
Climate	Dfa

Oleksandrivsk (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндрівськ [olekˈsɑnd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾iu̯sʲk]) or Aleksandrovsk (Russian: Алекса́ндровск [ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəfsk]) is a small city in Luhansk Municipality, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 6,635 (2013 est.).[1]

On June 16, 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the town from pro-Russian separatists.[2]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]

Russian 56.65%
Ukrainian 41.73%
Armenian 1.46%
Belarusian 0.09%

Gallery

Oleksandrivsk church
Abandoned 18th century palace in Oleksandrivsk

References

Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
(in Ukrainian) In the National Security Council said that the border is still a hole, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 June 2014)

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[ua2013estimate-1] Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[2] (in Ukrainian) In the National Security Council said that the border is still a hole, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 June 2014)