Krasnodon

Sorokyne

Сорокинe (Ukrainian)
Sorokyne Сорокинe (Ukrainian)
City
	Sorokyne / Krasnodon
	Sorokyne skyline
	Flag Coat of arms
	Sorokyne Location of Sorokyne/Krasnodon Sorokyne Sorokyne (Ukraine)
	Coordinates: 48°18′0″N 39°44′0″E / 48.30000°N 39.73333°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Dovzhansk Raion
Hromada	Sorokyne urban hromada
Founded	1914 as Sorokino
Renamed	1938
Government
• Mayor	Yuri Borisovich Baklagov
Area
• Total	77.33 km2 (29.86 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	42,315
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code	94400
Area code	+380 6435
Climate	Dfa
Website	krasnodon.org.ua

Krasnodon (Ukrainian and Russian: Краснодон) or Sorokyne (Ukrainian: Сорокине; Russian: Сорокино, romanized: Sorokino) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately 42,315 (2022 estimate).^[2]

Krasnodon came under control of pro-Russian separatists in early 2014, and was incorporated into the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR). Since then, it has been continually controlled by the LNR, and since 2022, explicitly by Russia.

^ Городской голова (in Russian). Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
^ 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.

[1] Городской голова (in Russian). Krasnodon Official City Page. Retrieved March 19, 2009.

[ua2022estimate-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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