Hirske

Hirske (Ukrainian: Гірське, Russian: Горское) is a city in the Sievierodonetsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 9,274 (2021 est.)[1].

Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Hirske.[4] On 13 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[5] However, on 1 September 2014 it was recaptured again.

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka were transferred from Pervomaisk Municipality to Popasna Raion.[6]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]

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. Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
  3. "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
  4. "Nine servicemen die, 18 wounded in Ukrainian army operation in past 24 hours".
  5. "Nine servicemen die, 18 wounded in Ukrainian army operation in past 24 hours".
  6. "Рада изменила границы районов Луганской области" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua


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