Brianka
Brianka
Брянка | |
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 Maryin cliff in Brianka | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Brianka .svg) Brianka | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′48″N 38°38′35″E / 48.51333°N 38.64306°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Kadiivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1696 |
| City status since | 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Bryankivska City Council (Ukrainian: Брянківська міська рада) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 635 km2 (245 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 44,760 |
| Demonym | Bryankivska |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | Bryankovsky city council[dead link] |
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Brianka (Ukrainian: Брянка) is a city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. It is located in the Donbas region, between the cities of Kadiivka and Alchevsk. Brianka is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. The population: 44,760 (2022 estimate),[1] 47,512 (2013 est.).[2]
Since 2014, Bryanka has been under the control of the Russian-backed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR/LNR). [3] In 2022, Russia declared its annexation of the region.
History
[edit]The settlement traces its history to small settlements of Zaporizhian Cossacks, zymivnyky, that appeared in place of future Brianka in 1696.
The settlement developed further into a miners' settlement around the local Brianka Quarry since the end of 19th century. After the World War II, in 1944–1962 it was a suburb of neighboring city of Kadiivka. Brianka became a city in its own right in 1962.[4] A local newspaper has been published in the city since April 1965.[5]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine reports have emerged about Russian soldiers who refused to continue fighting being held captive in the city.[6]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]As of 2021,[7] the population is 44,987 people.
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Ethnicity
[edit]As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
- Ukrainians: 54.9%
- Russians: 42.7%
- Belarusians: 0.8%
Language
[edit]As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
- Russian: 87.01%
- Ukrainian: 12.65%
- Belarusian: 0.09%
Notable people
[edit]- Heorhiy Sudakov (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer, currently plays for Shakhtar Donetsk, with also obtaining the call up to the Ukrainian national team.
References
[edit]- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Брянка // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.171
- ^ № 2901. «Труд горняка» // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.381
- ^ "'They told us nobody's going to take us home' Russian soldiers held captive in Luhansk region for refusing to fight in Ukraine". Meduza. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
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