Miusynsk

City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

Place in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

Miusynsk Ukrainian: Міусинськ Russian: Миусинск
48°4′32″N 38°53′6″E / 48.07556°N 38.88500°E / 48.07556; 38.88500
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Rovenky Raion
Hromada	Khrustalnyi urban hromada
Shtergres^[1]	1923^[1]
Population (2022)
• Total	4,596
Climate	Dfa

Miusynsk (Ukrainian: Міусинськ, Russian: Миусинск) is a city in Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia. Population: 4,596 (2022 estimate).^[2]

History

The settlement was founded in 1923 under the name Shtergres (Russian: Штергрэс), where gres refers to the local thermal power station built as a part of GOELRO plan.^[1]

In 1938 Shtergres got the official status of an urban-type settlement.^[1]

In 1965, the urban-type settlement of Shtergres and the village of Novopavlovka were merged, and the city of Miusynsk was established.^[1]

Starting Mid-April 2014 Miusynsk was controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities.^[3]^[4]

Demographics

Ethnic makeup of the population:^[5]

Ethnic groups in Miusynsk
			percent
Ukrainians			72.43%
Russians			25.17%
Belarusians			0.61%
Armenians			0.55%
Tatars			0.30%

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[6]

Native languages in Miusynsk
			percent
Russian			56.95%
Ukrainian			42.30%
Armenian			0.41%
Belarusian			0.08%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Миусинск // Украинская Советская Энциклопедия. том 6. Киев, «Украинская Советская энциклопедия», 1981. стр.509
^ 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.
^ "Останні новини від Спеціальної моніторингової місії ОБСЄ в Україні на основі інформації, що надійшла станом на 15 червня 2015 р., 19:30 (за київським часом)" (in Ukrainian). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^ "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.
^ https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities
^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.