Krasnyi Luch
Krasny Luch (Ukrainian Красний Луч; Russian Красный Луч / Krasny Luch, literally about " Red lights rays " ) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located on the Mius, in the center of the Donets Basin city has about 80,000 inhabitants (2012 ).
Geography
The entire borough of Krasny Luch has 124 033 inhabitants ( November 2012 ) and is divided administratively into the actual town of Krasny Luch, in the 3 other cities
- Wachruschewe ( Вахрушеве )
- Miusynsk ( Міусинськ )
- Petrowske ( Петровське )
In 8 urban-type settlements
- Hruschowe ( Грушове )
- Zaporizhia ( Запоріжжя )
- Knjahyniwka ( Княгинівка )
- Sawodo - Chrustalnenskyj ( Садово - Хрустальненський )
- Sofijiwskyj ( Софіївський )
- Fedoriwka ( Федорівка )
- Chrustalne ( Хрустальне )
- Schteriwka ( Штерівка )
5 villages
- Artema ( Артема )
- Woskresseniwka ( Воскресенівка )
- Korinne ( Корінне )
- Lisne ( Лісне )
- Nowojelysawetiwka ( Новоєлизаветівка )
And 6 settlements
- Butkewytsch ( Буткевич )
- Werhuliwske ( Вергулівське )
- Dawydiwka ( Давидівка )
- Komendantske ( Комендантське )
- Trubnyj ( Трубний )
- Chrustalnyj ( Хрустальний ).
History
The city was founded as Krindachjowka the early 1920s and is named Krasny Luch since 1929.
In the city the POW camp consisted of 256 German prisoners of war of World War II.
Economy and infrastructure
Krasny Luch is dominated by coal. The city is also a center of engineering and site of a meat combine.
There is a railway connection to the railway line Debalzewe - Zverevo.
Demographics
Source: 1923-1989 :; 2001-2013:
Personalities
- Nikolai Shmatko ( born 1943 ), Ukrainian sculptor and painter.
- Anatoli Konkow (* 1949) Soviet- Ukrainian football player and coach
- Oleg Kucherenko (* 1968), Ringer
- Natalija Korolewska (* 1975) Ukrainian businesswoman and politician.