Shchastya Щастя (Ukrainian) |
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Country | Ukraine | |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast | |
Founded | 1754 | |
City Status | 1963 | |
Population (2013) | ||
• Total | 12,773 | |
Area code(s) | (+380) | |
Vehicle registration | BB / 13 | |
Climate | Dfa |
Shchastya (Ukrainian: Ща́стя, Russian: Сча́стье Schastye) is a town in Novoaidar Raion in Luhansk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 12,773 (2013 est.).
Just north of Shchastya, there is the Luhansk power station, a large powerplant built in the 1950s. The town of Shchastya is situated on the river Seversky Donets. During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, the city became a key site of fighting.
To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion.
On 9 February 2016 it was reported that part of the settlement was under control of Ukrainian forces.
1754 - was founded village Shchastya
1953 - beginning of building Luhansk Thermal Electric Station.
1963 - Shchastya becomes town.
In 2014 Shchastya was controlled by the separatist Lugansk People's Republic from late April 2014 till the Ukrainian army retook the city on 14 June 2014.
On 5 August 2014, a monument of Lenin Lenin was removed from the city of Shchastya.
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Shchastya cathedral
Cranes monument
Horse monument
WW2 monument in Shchastya
Mertvy Donets River near Shchastya
Luhansk thermal power plant