Sverdlovsk

Sverdlovsk is a metropolis in Luhansk Oblast of south-jap Ukraine on the border with the Russian Federation. Serving because the place of job of Sverdlovsk Raion, the town itself is integrated as a metropolis of oblast significance, does no longer belong to the raion, and is placed about 80 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk. On 12 May 2016 it was renamed Dovzhansk with the aid of the Ukrainian government as part of decommunization. The city is managed with the aid of the self-d Luhansk People's Republic and the call trade has not been enforced.

Most of the city residents paintings in the mining industry. The city municipality also includes the town of Chervonopartyzansk, six cities and several smaller settlements. The metropolis serves as an global gateway between Ukraine and Russia and has border checkpoint in Chervonopartyzansk. The metropolis tracks its roots from a small village within the headstream of Dovzhyk River. At the stop of the 18^th century, it changed into granted by means of Catherine II of Russia to ataman Vasyl Orlov as a praise for his exquisite army provider. The farmland took on the name Dovzhykove-Orlovske. Development of the area significantly elevated in the direction of the give up of the 19^th century, after the discovery of coal inside the Donetsk region.