Izvaryne
Izvaryne
Ізварине | |
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Coordinates: 48°17′15″N 39°53′35″E / 48.28750°N 39.89306°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Dovzhansk Raion |
Hromada | Sorokyne urban hromada |
Founded | 1914 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mykhailo Denikin |
Area | |
• Total | 7.82 km2 (3.02 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 1,560 |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
Postal code | 94445 |
Area code | +380 6435 |
Website | http://krasnodon.org.ua/ |
Izvaryne (Ukrainian: Ізварине; Russian: Изварино, romanized: Izvarino) is a rural settlement located on the E40 highway in Sorokyne urban hromada, Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. It is also an important road and railway crossing point on the Ukrainian side of the Russia–Ukraine border.[1] There are facilities at the crossing for motorcars, lorries, and trains.
Izvaryne lies across from the Russian town of
The settlement came under the control of the Luhansk People's Republic in mid-2014. Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the settlement as part of their LPR / LNR.
History
The border post became part of protracted struggle between the
By late June of 2014, the LPR had announced their complete control of the border post.[6] The border point would reportedly be used by insurgents as a vital link to supplies and reinforcements from Russia.[7]
Demographics
According to the
References
- ^ a b "List of border crossing points". State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fighting rages on despite declared truce". BBC News. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Russian continues to hold the Ukrainian border guards from "Izvarino"". Liga News (in Russian). 21 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "'Luhansk People's Republic' authorities claim complete control over Izvaryne border checkpoint". Kyiv Post. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine Advances After Heavy Fighting". Kyiv Post. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "2001 Census of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.