Perevalsk

Perevalsk (Ukrainian: Перевальськ; Russian: Перевальск) is a city in the southwestern part of the Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Perevalsk Raion. Population: 24,919 (2021 est.)[1], 25,941 (2013 est.)[2].

Perevalsk
Перевальськ
City
Perevalsk City Hall
Coat of arms
Perevalsk
Coordinates: 48°26′N 38°49′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionPerevalsk Raion
Founded1902
City status1964
Area
30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Population
 (2021)
24,919
ClimateDfb

Perevalsk was founded in 1889 as Seleznyovsky Quarry, for the workers in coal mining and it belonged to Podolian nobleman and Imperial Russian loyal subject Kazimierz Mscichowski. Over time it grew by incorporating similar miner's settlements. In 1924 it was renamed as imeni Parizhskoi Kommuny (after the Paris Commune) out of brevity was referred to as Parkommuna. In 1938 it adopted its shortened name, Parkommuna, as official, and in 1964 it acquired its present name. In 1964, it became the administrative center of the newly established Perevalsk Raion.[3]

Perevalsk borders immediately on the larger town of Alchevsk which in 1961–1991 also was named after the Paris Commune as Kommunarsk.

Since 2014, Perevalsk has been administered as a part of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.[4] According to Ukrainian news reports Luhansk People's Republic military formations, on at least two occasions in 2020 and 2021, desecrated and damaged a local cemetery by driving through it with tanks.[5]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. "History of Perevalsk", the Perevalsk district library website (retrieved August 18, 2014) (in Russian)
  4. Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. Russian hybrid troops blew up a cemetery in the occupied Luhansk region, Ukrayinska Pravda (16 May 2021)
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