Starobilsk
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Starobilsk
Старобільськ | |
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Coordinates: 49°16′39″N 38°55′27″E / 49.27750°N 38.92417°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Starobilsk Raion |
First mentioned | 1686 |
City Status | 1938 |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 15,947 |
Area code | (+380) |
Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
Control | Russia |
Starobilsk (Ukrainian: Старобільськ, lit. 'Old Bilsk'; Russian: Старобельск, romanized: Starobelsk) is a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Starobilsk Raion. The modern settlement was founded in 1686, and it was granted city status in 1938. The city has a population of 15,947 (2022 estimate).[1] As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has been under Russian occupation since March 2, 2022.
History
Prehistory
Presumably, Starobilsk traces its heritage to the
Bielsky arrived at the banks of Siversky Donets to build a fortress at the southern borders Tsare-Borisov (after Muscovite Tsar Boris Godunov) which was erected not far away in 1598–1600. In 1602 Godunov became suspicious of Belsky and order him to be arrested, stripped of any estates, and exiled to Siberia. After the death of Godunov Belsky was granted amnesty in 1605 due to the fact that his sister being the wife of the deceased Boris Godunov, Maria Skuratova-Belskaya, became a regent. Belsky was sent as a voivode to Kazan where in 1611 was killed by a mob after refusing to pledge allegiance to False Dmitry II. Sloboda gradually became abandoned, while the fortress was destroyed in 1612 in one of the Tatar raids.
Origin
In 1686 the settlement was repopulated by servicemen of the Ostrohozk Sloboda Cossack Regiment who originally came from Poltava and Chernihiv regions and named their settlement after a town of
Being runaway serfs, the Tsarist government allowed them to settle in the military frontier with the Crimean realm to carry out border guard functions. After the place became populated with serfs from the central regions of today's Russia, the Tsarist government took measures to find and return those fugitives. In 1701 the Ambassadorial
Trying to meet the demands of Russian landlords who repeatedly turned to the Tsar with complaints and requests to return fugitives, on 6 July 1707 Peter the Great issued an edict (ukase) about the search of "newly arrived from Rus all ranks of people". To the Don was sent a punitive detachment under the command of Colonel Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy.[a] He was charged to search for fugitives and "take them to those landowners from whom they ran away". That action led to the well-known Bulavin Rebellion. Struggling with the rebellion, Tsarist troops eventually burnt the settlement to the ground.
In 1732 the settlement was repopulated again by peasants from around
Modern era
Founded on October 12, 1851, Starobilsk "Joy of All Who Sorrows" Convent (Свято-Скорботний жіночий монастир) became a spiritual center for the region. After the Bolshevik revolution, the convent was restricted and, in April 1924, it was closed down. In 1992, the state returned it to the Orthodox Church. It was reconsecrated and opened in 1995.
The town was occupied by
The Prison for Polish POWs Officers
During
The German Wehrmacht entered Starobilsk in late 1942, and evacuated nine months later, destroying much of the city but neglecting to dynamite the milk factory. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the city.[2] The town was rebuilt around this factory, which in turn helped the region recover after the war.
21st century
During the first phase of the
In 2016, Lenin Street was renamed Monastery Street as it had been before the Bolshevik revolution.[citation needed]
Russian occupation
On February 24, 2022, at the start of the
On March 6, 2022, hundreds of locals gathered and took down the flag of the so-called
On August 11, 2022, Askyar Laishev, a former law enforcement officer and collaborator, was killed in a car bombing on Shevchenko Street.[6]
In early September 2022, Ukraine launched a major
On April 1, 2024 a car bomb in the centre of Starobilsk killed the pro-Russian Deputy Head of the Centre for Servicing Educational Organisations of the Luhansk People’s Republic, Valerii Chaika.[10]
Demographics
Ethnic makeup as of 2001:[11]
Native language according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[12]
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Starobilsk is
Notable people
- Nadiya Svitlychna, attended a school in the city
- Serhiy Zhadan, Ukrainian poet
- Oleh Liashko, Ukrainian politician and founder of the nationalist Radical Party
Gallery
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Starobilsk dam onAidar River
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Starobilsk Monastery
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Old fire station
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Local museum
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Historic architecture in the city center
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Original coat of arms
Notes
- ^ not to be confused with the Great Prince of Kyiv
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Gefängnis Starobil's'k". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ICRC(29 May 2015)
- ^ В Старобельске жители сорвали с флагштока флаг агрессора и спели гимн Украины
- ^ На Луганщині люди вийшли на мітинг та замінили "прапор" "ЛНР" на український: окупанти відкрили стрілянину
- ^ https://nypost.com/2022/08/27/video-shows-moment-car-bomb-blasts-ukrainian-traitor-in/
- ^ "Война в Украине. Зеленский посетил Изюм и пообещал вернуть все оккупированные территории - Новости на русском языке". 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Настоящее Время".
- ISBN 9782100801138, retrieved 2022-12-21
- ^ Автомобиль взорвался в Старобельске, погиб человек – глава администрации
- ^ "Національний склад міст".
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
- ^ "Miasta Partnerskie Lublina" [Lublin - Partnership Cities]. Urząd Miasta Lublin - City of Lublin (lublin.eu) (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
External links
- Website
- Butkov, V., Voitenko, O., Semenov, V., Kholdobin, I. Starobilsk. The history of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR.