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Luhansk
Luhansk, Ukraine Yekaterinoslavsk, Voroshilovgrad, Lugansk A province and a city founded in 1795 and originally named after Catherine II the Great†. Two years later it was renamed after the River Lugan whose name might be derived from lug ‘meadow’. In 1935 the city was named Voroshilovgrad ‘City of Voroshilov’ after Kliment Voroshilov†, whose birthplace was nearby, when he was appointed to the rank of marshal of the Soviet Union. The name reverted to Lugansk in 1958–70 after Voroshilov took part in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), in 1957. It became Voroshilovgrad again in 1970–90 after Voroshilov's death in 1969 and his subsequent rehabilitation. As a result of a critical assessment of the first decades of Soviet rule in the late 1980s, however, Voroshilov was again discredited and the city's name once more reverted to Lugansk. The present name is the Ukrainian spelling of the former Russian name.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Luhansk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Luhansk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Luhansk.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Luhansk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Luhansk.html |
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Luhansk
Luhansk , Rus. Lugansk, city (1989 pop. 497,000), capital of Luhansk region, E Ukraine, at the confluence of the Luhan and Vilkhivka rivers, in the Donets Basin. Its products include locomotives, processed coal, chemicals, steel pipes, mining equipment, machine tools, textiles, and foodstuffs. It was founded in 1796 around a cannon foundry, and is the oldest center of the Donets Basin. Named Luhansk in 1889, it was called Voroshilovgrad from 1935 to 1958 and Luhansk from 1959 to 1969. Renamed Voroshilovgrad in 1970, it was once again renamed Luhansk in 1990. |
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"Luhansk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Luhansk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Luhansk.html "Luhansk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Luhansk.html |
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