Brianka
Brianka (IPA: [bri.jɔn.kɪv], Ukrainian: Брянка) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 44,987 (2021 est.)[1], 47,512 (2013 est.)[2].
Brianka
Брянка | |
|---|---|
| Bryankiv transcription(s) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Brianka  Brianka | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′48″N 38°38′35″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Founded | 1696 |
| City status | 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Bryankivska City Council (Ukrainian: Брянківська міська рада) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 635 km2 (245 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 44,987 |
| Demonym(s) | Bryankivska |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | Bryankovsky city council |
It is located between cities of Kadiivka and Alchevsk.
History
The settlement traces its history to small settlements of Zaporizhian Cossacks, zymivnyki, that appeared in place of future Brianka in 1696.
The place has developed further into a miners' settlement around the local Brianka Quarry since the end of 19th century. After the World War II, in 1944–1962 it was a city raion of neighboring city of Kadiivka.
City since December 1962.[3]
A local newspaper is published in the city since April 1965.[4]
Since 2014, Brianka has been under the effective control of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.[5]
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]
Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 54.9%
- Russians: 42.7%
- Belarusians: 0.8%
Language
- Russian: 87.01%
- Ukrainian: 12.65%
- Belarusian: 0.09%
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Брянка // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.171
- № 2901. «Труд горняка» // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.381
- "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua
