Uspenka
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Uspenka Успенка |
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| Urban-type settlement | |
Ruins of a former coke works, with Uspenka behind it.
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 Uspenka
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| Coordinates: 48°23′38″N 39°9′13″E / 48.39389°N 39.15361°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Lutuhyne Raion |
| Founded | 1755 |
| Incorporated | 1938 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 8,895 |
| • Density | 1,913/km2 (4,950/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 92006 |
| Area code(s) | +380 6436 |
Uspenka (Ukrainian: Успенка) is an urban-type settlement in Lutuhyne Raion, a part of Luhansk Oblast within Ukraine. It is located in the eastern part of the greater Donbass region. Population: 8,895 (2013 est.).
The village was founded as Vilkhova (Ukrainian: Вільхова, lit. Alder) in 1755, after a colonel received a grant of land from the Tsar of Russia. The name "Uspenka" became established in the seventy years after the founding of the village. The town has a long history of coal mining, with the first mine established in 1802. The population of the village has greatly declined with the mining and coke industries: in 1966, there were 18,800 residents; in 2001, only 9676. There is still a coke works in the village that employs some residents, but many commute to Lutuhyne for work. Since 2014, Uspenka has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Heaps at former coke works
Ruins of a coke works
Street in Uspenka
View of Uspenka and the town of Lutuhyne beyond.
View of Uspenka
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