Lyman, Ukraine

Lyman (Ukrainian: Лиман, pronounced [ɫɪˈmɑn]), known as Krasnyi Lyman (Ukrainian: Красний Лиман) from 1925 to 2016,[1] is a city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Until 2016, it also served as the administrative center of Lyman Raion, though it was not a part of the raion. It still serves as the center of Lyman hromada.[2][3] Population: 20,469 (2021 est.)[4]; 28,172 (2001).

Lyman
Лиман
City
Railway station
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Lyman
Lyman
Coordinates: 48°59′7″N 37°48′40″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
Population
 (2021)
 • Total20,469

History

It was founded in the 17th century by the Ukrainian Sloboda Cossacks as Lyman (sometimes transliterated as Liman). In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Moscow tsar Peter I, Lyman was explicitly mentioned as one of the towns included to Azov Governorate.[5][6] The town obtained the prefix Krasnyi (Red) in 1925 after Soviet occupation of Ukraine's People Republic and subsequent creation of the USSR.

In June 2014, the city was the scene of fighting during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.[7] On 5 June the town was liberated by Ukrainian troops from pro-Russian separatists.[8]

Following the 2015 law on decommunization the city was renamed from Krasnyi Lyman to Lyman.[9] The new name was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on 4 February 2016.[9]

Lyman is an important railway junction. As of April 30, 2022 it was contested as Russian troops attempted to advance west during the Russo-Ukrainian War[10]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[11]

Ethnicity

References
  1. "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. "Dovidnyk «Ukrayina. Administratyvno-terytorial'nyy ustriy». Donets'ka oblast'. 2. Naseleni punkty Donets'koyi oblasti. Mista oblasnoho znachennya (stanom na 01.06.2018)" Довідник «Україна. Адміністративно-територіальний устрій». Донецька область. 2. Населені пункти Донецької області. Міста обласного значення (станом на 01.06.2018) [Cataloque «Ukraine. Administrative-territorial structure». Donetsk Oblast. 2. Settlements of Donetsk Oblast. Cities of regional significance (as of 2018-06-01)] (RTF) (in Ukrainian). June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  3. "Lymans'ka hromada" Лиманська громада [Lyman Community]. Portal of United Territorial Communities of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (in Russian)
  6. Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области. (1995). Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманск: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". pp. 19–20.
  7. (4 June 2014). Ukraine crisis: Rebels take bases in Luhansk region, BBC News
  8. We Can Win After All, The Ukrainian Week (6 August 2015)
  9. Decommunisation continues: Rada renames several towns and villages, UNIAN (4 February 2016)
    "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  10. Marc Santora (April 30, 2022). "As Moscow reinforces its troops on the front line, it aims to keep Kyiv from doing the same". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  11. Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 2012-11-27


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