Articles in English
One of the significant tourist "gems" of the Luhansk region is the Lutuhyne Tunnel, located near the Rodakove station of the Luhansk Directorate of the Donetsk Railway, in the very heart of the Luhansk-Donetsk industrial conglomerate. Its length exceeds 2 kilometers, making it the longest structure of its kind in Ukraine. The tunnel was
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The Rubizhna ravine, which developed and grew into the city of Rubizhne over the years, endured difficult times. The years of World War II left a significant mark on the history of Luhansk Oblast.
A journalist from the TRIBUN publication interviewed historians and gathered memories from locals about the events of the global armed conflict in
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At the onset of the revolutionary events in 1917, the present-day Luhansk region was part of three huberniyas - the Kharkiv Governorate (the northern part of the modern region, predominantly rural areas), the Katerynoslav Governorate (the southern part, where industrial settlements were also located), and partially the Don Host Oblast. Therefore,
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The arrival of European capitals at the end of the 19th century played a significant role in the development of the industrial potential and the construction of the modern city of Kadiivka. From that time until the Bolshevik onslaught, numerous French and Belgian joint-stock companies actively developed coal mining and metallurgical production in
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Since the late 16th century, the Ukrainian population began mass settlement in Luhansk region. Over the next two centuries, stable settlements already existed in the region, which administratively belonged either to the Izyum and the Ostrogozhsk regiments of Sloboda Ukraine or to the Kalmiuska Palanka of the Zaporizhian Sich.
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In 2022, during the fighting in Sievierodonetsk, the city's Palace of Culture was partially damaged. However, after the city's occupation, the Russian authorities immediately used the building to host various events and a "referendum." In March 2024, Marat Khusnullin, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, announced
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"Avdiivka direction - one of the hottest spots in Donetsk oblast. Occupation and constant shelling of residential areas by Russian forces force people to evacuate to safer cities. Ukrainian special services help locals to reach peaceful places. However, the "evacuation" is also carried out by Russian military. The enemy transports
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The settlement of Luhansk region began in ancient times when the first settlers set foot on its land, whose lives historians and archaeologists have attempted to investigate. Currently we have monographs and works by scientists from which we can learn about the life of the early inhabitants of eastern Ukraine.
A journalist from TRIBUN spoke with
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During the week from March 11 to 17, Maslenitsa was celebrated. It is also known as Cheese Week, Kolodiy, or Butter Week. This is a Ukrainian holiday with its own special ancient traditions. For example, making dumplings with cheese, performing rituals with a log and so on. However, Russian propaganda had an influence here as well. In the occupied
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The second "five-year plan," unofficially dubbed the "godless" plan, declared by the leadership of the USSR from 1932 to 1937, saw a significant decline in religious buildings in territories under Soviet control. By the end of 1937, the number of religious buildings in areas occupied by Soviet authorities had decreased by 58%.
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Українським військовослужбовцям важко стримувати натиск російських окупантів, оскільки вони зайняли Авдіївський коксохімічний завод та можуть безпечно звідти працювати дронами.
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"I remember walking home from school. Hungry. I know that at home, perhaps, there will be tortillas from the forehead. I walked for a long time, occasionally losing consciousness. It was a stroke of luck to meet one of the relatives, because they would definitely give at least a crumb of bread or a piece of beet, feeling sorry for
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The Derkul is an undervalued river in east of Ukraine, too little is now known about it. Once a fast-flowing river for many centuries, it was meekly shallow and overgrown with reeds, which caused a number of discussions among public activists of Luhansk oblast.
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На фронті під Авдіївкою тривають активні бої між українськими військами та окупантами.
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In the occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, Russians use all types of media to conduct propaganda. Popular are printed, for example, newspapers. The so-called "authorities" do not spare funds for "handouts." Moreover, it initiates the creation of a new one. Almost every settlement, in particular the newly
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In summer and autumn in 2020, forests massively burned in Luhansk oblast. More than 600 houses and more than 25 thousand hectares of forest were destroyed, 17 people were killed and 93 injured. Nowadays after 4 years, having occupied the Luhansk oblast, the Russian media release a story called: "Kyiv deliberately destroyed the forests of
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Russian textbooks imported into the currently occupied territories of Ukraine claim that "Donbas is inherently Russian land," but history tells a completely different story—until the Russians took over the Ukraine’s East, conducting purges, Ukrainians lived here and fought for their own freedom.
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Lysychansk is one of the oldest cities in Donbas. It was the first mining settlement in the Donetsk Basin, where the mining craft originated and developed. Lysychansk has undergone a complex path of development. Like Luhansk, it did not have its own name for a long time. It was called "Selinnya" or "Sloboda of Lysycha Balka."
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The occupation authorities more often begin to talk about Popasna in terms of its reconstruction, creating conditions for living and providing assistance to those who remained in the city. Repair work, demining, conducting services in the church, congratulations on the holidays, providing a "humanitarian aid" - sounds optimistic and
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Бійці підрозділу "Shark", 81 ОАеМБр знищили російську самохідну артилерійську установку "Тюльпан" за допомогою FPV-дрону в Новодружеську поблизу окупованого Лисичанська.
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