Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast

Kypuche (Ukrainian: Кипуче), formerly known as Artemivsk or Artemovsk (Ukrainian: Артемівськ; Russian: Артёмовск, romanized: Artyomovsk) is a city in Perevalsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Population: 7,162 (2022 estimate),[1] 7,506 (2013 est.).[2]

For the city nearby formerly called Artemivsk, see Bakhmut.
Kypuche
Кипуче (in Ukrainian)
City
Map of Ukraine with Artemivsk labeled
Map of Ukraine with Artemivsk labeled
Kypuche
Map of Ukraine with Artemivsk labeled
Map of Ukraine with Artemivsk labeled
Kypuche
Coordinates: 48°26′20″N 38°43′3″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionPerevalsk Raion
Founded1910
City Status1961
ControlOccupied by the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (Russia)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total7,162
Area code(+380)
Vehicle registrationBB / 13
ClimateDfb

Situated in the Donbas region of Ukraine, the city is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, which was also known as Artemovsk during the Soviet era. Russian occupation authorities continue to use the name Artemovsk for both cities.

The city came under the control of the breakaway pro-Russia Luhansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR) in early 2014. In September 2022, Russia declared the incorporation of all LPR territory into Russia.

History

The city was founded as Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Катеринівка) village in 1910 close to the railway station of Kypyche (Vigorous). Its name was changed to Artema in 1923 and to Artemovsk in 1938 after the Russian revolutionary and Stalinist figure Comrade Artyom.

Artimovsk would remain as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic until its dissolution in 1991, and from then has been part of Ukraine. However, the city has not been controlled by Ukraine since early 2014. In Spring of 2014, at the start of the War in Donbas, the city came under the control of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).[3]

On May 12, 2016, Ukraine's national parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, decided to restore the name of Kypuche as part of the country's decommunization process.[4][5] However, the LPR has not recognised this, and so the name change has had only a symbolic effect.[6]

Notable people

Economy

Kypuche's major industry is coal mining. Southeast of the town, the important power grid node Donbass-750 is located.

  • Comrade "Artem"
    Comrade "Artem"
  • Miners' rally near the Ministry of Coal Industry of Ukraine
    Miners' rally near the Ministry of Coal Industry of Ukraine
  • Tulip Schrenk
    Tulip Schrenk
  • Boiling View of BC named after Lenin
    Boiling View of BC named after Lenin
  • Map of Ukraine
    Map of Ukraine
  • Coat of Arms of Artemivsk
    Coat of Arms of Artemivsk
  • Flag of Artemivsk
    Flag of Artemivsk

References
  1. 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.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України
  5. UNIAN
  6. "Сталино и Ворошиловград: зачем Россия возвращает дончан и луганчан в прошлое". Radio Free Europe.
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