Svatove

Svatove (Ukrainian: Сватове, Russian: Сватово) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Svatove Raion. Population: 16,710 (2020 est.)[1] .

Svatove

Сватове (in Ukrainian)
City
Svatove railway station
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
Population
 (2020)
 • Total16,710
Area code(s)(+380)
Vehicle registrationBB / 13
ClimateDfb

History

A local newspaper is published in the town since September 1931.[2]

After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014, Luhansk Oblast became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[3] Svatove stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[4] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the city.[5]

On 29–30 October 2015, two people were reported dead and eight wounded as a result of explosions caused by fire at the munitions depot in Svatove.[6]

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. № 2924. Новости Сватовщины // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.383
  3. Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
  4. , Berliner Zeitung (17 July 2015)
  5. Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
  6. "Ukraine: Hundreds of people affected by explosion of ammunition depot". International Committee of the Red Cross. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2020.


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