Hirske

Hirske
Гірське
Official seal of Hirske
Hirske is located in Luhansk Oblast
Hirske
Hirske
Location of Bilohorivka within Ukraine
Hirske is located in Ukraine
Hirske
Hirske
Hirske (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°45′7″N 38°29′42″E / 48.75194°N 38.49500°E / 48.75194; 38.49500
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionSievierodonetsk Raion
HromadaHirske urban hromada
Founded1898
City status1938
Population
 (2022)
 • Total9,100
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hirske (Ukrainian: Гірське, pronounced [ɦʲirˈsʲkɛ]; Russian: Горское, romanizedGorskoye) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Hirske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Its population is 9,100 (2022 estimate).[2]

Before 1938, it was named Hirsko-Ivanivsk (Ukrainian: Гірсько-Іванівськ). During the Russo-Ukrainian War, it has been a site of protracted violence, and was eventually captured by Russian and proxy forces during the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  1. ^ Bida, Olesya (27 July 2020). "Новое районирование Украины. Куда теперь ехать за справкой и как будут распределяться деньги". hromadske.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. ^ 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.

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