Shchastia
Shchastia
Щастя | |
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Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 39°14′00″E / 48.7333°N 39.2333°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Shchastia Raion |
Hromada | Shchastia urban hromada |
Founded | 1754 |
City Status | 1963 |
Control | Russia[1] |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11,411 |
Area code | (+380) |
Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
Climate | Dfa |
Shchastia (Ukrainian: Щастя, lit. 'Happiness', pronounced [ˈʃt͡ʃɑsʲtʲɐ]; Russian: Счастье, romanized: Schastye) is a city and the de jure administrative center of Shchastia Raion of the Luhansk Oblast (province) in Ukraine. Population: 11,411 (2022 estimate).[2]
The
History
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Imperial Russian and Soviet rule
The village of Shchastia was founded in 1754.
In 1953, construction began on the
Russo-Ukrainian War
War in Donbas
In 2014 Shchastia was controlled by the separatist Luhansk People's Republic from late April 2014 till the Ukrainian Army retook the city on 14 June 2014.[3] It was mainly retaken by the volunteer fighters of the Aidar Battalion who, according to Amnesty International, then with “virtually no oversight or control” committed acts of violent abuse towards civilians in Shchastia and nearby cities, as did the separatist forces.[4] According to Shchastia residents this behaviour continued until Aidar was incorporated into the Ukrainian Army in spring 2015.[4]
On 5 August 2014, a monument of Vladimir Lenin was removed from the city of Shchastia.
To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the
In July 2020, as part of the reform of administrative divisions in Ukraine,
Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
In the days before the invasion, the town was shelled and fired upon by Russian-backed forces more than 900 times with incoming munitions from tanks, artillery, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. The strikes mostly targeted Ukrainian military installations on the outskirts of Shchastia and the Luhansk Power Plant, damaging buildings, water and electrical lines.[5]
On February 24, 2022, the first day of the
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[9]
Native language as of the
Gallery
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Shchastia cathedral
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Cranes monument
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Horse monument
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WW2 monument in Shchastia
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Mertvy Donets River near Shchastia
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Luhansk thermal power plant
References
- ^ ""Майже знищені". Щастя та Станиця Луганська на межі гуманітарної катастрофи — голова Луганської ОДА".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Терористи почали обстріл Луганська із "Граду" - джерело". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 16 June 2014.
- ^ a b Koshiw, Isobel; Vlasova, Anastasia (31 July 2017). "Growing up apolitical in Ukraine's war zone". openDemocracy.
- ^ a b Kramer, Andrew E. (2022-02-23). "The Potentially Grim Fate of a Ukrainian Town Called 'Happiness'". The New York Times.
- ^ "Battles against Russian occupiers ongoing near Shchastia, Sumy, Hostomel Airport". Ukrinform. 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Щастя знищене на 80 відсотків – голова ОДА". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 February 2022.
- ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma; Koshiw, Isobel (4 March 2022). "'90% of houses are damaged': Russia's Syria-honed tactics lay waste Ukraine towns". The Guardian.
- ^ "Національний склад міст".
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.