Krasnodon

Sorokyne
Сорокинe (Ukrainian)
Sorokyne / Krasnodon
Sorokyne skyline
Sorokyne skyline
Flag of Sorokyne
Coat of arms of Sorokyne
Sorokyne is located in Luhansk Oblast
Sorokyne
Sorokyne
Location of Sorokyne/Krasnodon
Sorokyne is located in Ukraine
Sorokyne
Sorokyne
Sorokyne (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°18′0″N 39°44′0″E / 48.30000°N 39.73333°E / 48.30000; 39.73333
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionDovzhansk Raion
HromadaSorokyne urban hromada
Founded1914 as Sorokino
Renamed1938
Government
 • MayorYuri Borisovich Baklagov[1]
Area
 • Total
77.33 km2 (29.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
42,315
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code
94400
Area code+380 6435
ClimateDfa
Websitekrasnodon.org.ua
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Krasnodon (Ukrainian and Russian: Краснодон) or Sorokyne (Ukrainian: Сорокине; Russian: Сорокино, romanizedSorokino) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately 42,315 (2022 estimate).[2]

Krasnodon came under control of pro-Russian separatists in early 2014, and was incorporated into the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR). Since then, it has been continually controlled by the LNR, and since 2022, explicitly by Russia.

  1. ^ Городской голова (in Russian). Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. ^ 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.