Lugansk Travel Guide
Lugansk (Ru. Луганск) or Luhansk (Uk. Луганськ) is a city situated in south-eastern Ukraine near the Russian border (see map). Most recognized as the home of a major locomotive building enterprise, Luhansk is a major industrial, cultural and educational center.
Benefiting from its location in the ore and coal rich Donets Basin, Luhansk got its start with the establishment of an iron foundry in 1795. Quickly establishing itself as a center of metallurgy in the south, the city experienced rapid expansion in the second half of the 19th century as the abolition of serfdom allowed peasants from Ukraine and Russia's Black Soil Region to resettle within the city. In the following century Lugansk witnessed an amazing transition from the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union, a brief occupation by Nazi German forces (1941-43), the collapse of the Soviet Union and the immergence of an independent Ukraine. Despite such a transition the city has not only survived, but it has managed to grow into a major industrial center with a population of close to 500,000 inhabitants.
Apart from its industry, Lugansk is also recognized as an important cultural and educational center. The city boasts several Drama Theatres, a Philharmonic Society, numerous Museums, as well as a Circus and a Puppet Theatre for the young and old alike. Lugansk is famous for its universities including: the East-Ukrainian National University, Shevchenko State Pedagogical University, State Agricultural University, and State Medical University. A byproduct the city's educational excellence was scholar and resident Vladimir Dahl. A close friend of Alexander Pushkin, he is distinguished for writing The Defining Dictionary of the Great Living Russian Language.
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Phoning Lugansk
+ 380 (Country Code) + 642 (City Code) + Telephone Number
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Additional Resources for Lugansk, Ukraine
- Wiki: Lugansk (eng)
- Wiki: Lugansk Oblast (eng)
- Sites below are in Russian and Ukrainian. To translate, click on Google Translate and enter the site address.
- Official site of the Lugansk City Council
- Lugansk Portal Top: Lugansk city news and information portal
- Virtual Lugansk: Information portal including directory of companies and public organizations
- Official site of FC Zorya Lugansk: Lugansk's football club playing in the Ukrainian Premier League
- Night Life of Lugansk: Directory of clubs, photographs and schedule of latest events for Lugansk night life
