Khrustalnyi

Khrustalnyi Хрустальний (Ukrainian)
City
Executive Committee building in Khrustalnyi
Flag Coat of arms
Khrustalnyi Location in Luhansk Oblast Show map of Luhansk Oblast Khrustalnyi Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°08′N 38°56′E / 48.133°N 38.933°E / 48.133; 38.933
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Rovenky Raion
Hromada	Khrustalnyi urban hromada
Founded	1880s
Area	15,356 km2 (5,929 sq mi)
Elevation	269 m (883 ft)
Population  (2022)	79,533
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb

Khrustalnyi^[a] or Krasnyi Luch^[b] is a city in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Its population is approximately 79,533 (2022 estimate).^[1] It has historically been one of the most important coal mining locations in the Donbas region.

The city was founded in the 1880s after the discovery of coal deposits in the region, and grew over the following century. Until 1920, it was known as Kryndachivka, after the surname of an early settler.^[c] It was a site of fighting during World War II. Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, it has been occupied by the widely unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic and later by Russia after its Annexation on 30 September 2022.

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