Luhansk
City
City and administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
Names
- November 5, 1935 – March 4, 1958 Voroshilovgrad
- January 5, 1970 – May 4, 1990 Voroshilovgrad
Held by
- 1789 – September 14, 1917 Russian Empire
- September 14, 1917 – November 7, 1917 Russia
- December 6, 1917 – March 10, 1919 Russia
- December 24, 1918 – January 9, 1920 Whites Military occupation
- March 10, 1919 – December 29, 1922 Ukraine
- December 30, 1922 – December 25, 1991 Soviet Union
- June 28, 1942 – February 2, 1943 Germany Military occupation
- December 26, 1991 – April 11, 2014 Ukraine
- since December 26, 1991 Ukraine Recognized as Ukrainian by most states
- April 12, 2014 – September 29, 2022 Luhansk People's Republic Russian-backed breakaway state
- since September 30, 2022 Russia Annexed by Russia; the annexation is not widely recognized
Capital of
Events here 1
- June 2–4, 2014 Siege of the Luhansk border base