Krasnyi Luch

Khrustalny
Хрустальний

City

Executive Committee building in Khrustalny

Coat of arms

Country

Ukraine

Oblast

Luhansk Oblast

Founded

1895

Area

153,56 km² (5,929 sq mi)

Elevation

269 m (883 ft)

Population

82,765

Climate

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World War II Memorial Complex "Mius Front" dedicated to fortifications of Mius-Front

Khrustalny (Ukrainian: Красний Луч, Russian: Красный Луч) (Red Beam) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine, currently controlled by the Lugansk People's Republic.^[1] It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 82,765 (2013 est.)^[2].

History

The town was founded as Krindachyovka at the beginning of the 20th century, and renamed as Krasnyi Luch (lit. "red beam") in 1920. The city became one of the most important coal mining centres of the Donets Basin. The city was under German occupation from 1942 to 1944. The Jews were thrown in and killed with other categories of victims, such as the Communists, in the well of the Bogdan coal mine. Total number of victims was about 2,000.^[3]

In order to comply with decommunization laws the city was renamed on 12 May 2016 by the Ukrainian parliament to Khrustalny.^[4]^[5]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[6]

Russian 87.8%
Ukrainian 10.4%
Armenian 0.2%
Belarusian 0.1%

People associated with Krasnyi Luch

On the right is a picture of the Wall of Honor. Such walls were installed in every oblast seat throughout the Soviet Union. With the dissolution of the Soviet state those landmarks were mostly removed, but in some instances were retained as the relics of the past.

Light heavyweight fighter Nikita Krylov originates from Krasnyi Luch.^[7]

References

↑ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республ ике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/krasnyi-luch-luhansk-ukraine.143
↑ Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
↑ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/342825.html
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↑ "I am Russian but competitor for Ukraine". m.sovsport.ru/. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast

Administrative center: Luhansk

Raions

Cities

Regional	Alchevsk Antratsyt Brianka Kirovsk Krasnyi Luch Sorokine Luhansk Lysychansk Pervomaisk Rovenky Rubizhne Sievierodonetsk Stakhanov Sverdlovsk

District	Almazna Artemivsk Chervonopartyzansk Hirske Irmino Kreminna Lutuhyne Miusynsk Molodohvardiysk Novodruzhesk Oleksandrivsk Perevalsk Petrovske Popasna Pryvillia Shchastya Starobilsk Sukhodilsk Svatove Vakhrusheve Zolote Zorynsk Zymohiria

Urban-type settlements
Category:Luhansk Oblast

Ukrainian crisis

General
topics

War in Donbass

Timeline	April–June 2014 July–September 2014 October–December 2014 January–March 2015 April–June 2015 July–September 2015 October–December 2015 January–March 2016 April–June 2016 July–September 2016 October 2016–present

Battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Zelenopillya rocket attack (11 July 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (16 January – 20 February 2015) Shyrokyne standoff (10 February – 3 July 2015) Battle of Marinka (3 June 2015)

Related	Humanitarian situation International reactions

Other events

Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014)
Odessa clashes (2 May 2014)
Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014)
Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014)
40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014)
Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014)
Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014)
- reactions
UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014)
NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014)
Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014)
Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014)
Donbass general elections (2 November 2014)
2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014)
Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015)
Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015)
Mariupol rocket attack (24 January 2015)
Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015)
Kharkiv bombing (22 February 2015)

Proclaimed
states

Republic of Crimea (17–18 March 2014)
Donetsk People's Republic (since 7 April 2014)
Luhansk People's Republic (since 27 April 2014)
Novorossiya (24 May 2014 – 20 May 2015)

Background

Pre-1917 Novorossiya
1918 Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
1918 Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
1994 Budapest Memorandum
1997 Russian - Ukrainian Friendship Treaty
2004 South-East Ukrainian Autonomous Republic
2012 law on languages
2014 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement

Main places

Donetsk
- International Airport
- Druzhba Arena
Luhansk
- International Airport
Kharkiv
Odessa
Donetsk Oblast
- Bakhmut
- Debaltseve
- Dobropillia
- Druzhkivka
- Dzerkalne
- Horlivka
- Hrabove
- Ilovaisk
- Karlivka
- Khartsyzk
- Kirovske
- Kostiantynivka
- Kramatorsk
- Krasnoarmiisk
- Lyman
- Makiivka
- Maryinka
- Mariupol
- Mykolaivka
- Novoazovsk
- Pisky
- Savur-Mohyla
- Shakhtarsk
- Siversk
- Sloviansk
- Snizhne
- Staromykhailivka
- Toretsk
- Torez
- Volnovakha
- Vuhlehirsk
- Yampil
- Yasynuvata
- Yenakiieve
- Zhdanivka
Luhansk Oblast
- Alchevsk
- Antratsyt
- Chornukhyne
- Izvaryne
- Kirovsk
- Krasnodon
- Krasnyi Luch
- Lysychansk
- Metalist
- Novosvitlivka
- Oleksandrivsk
- Pervomaisk
- Pobieda
- Popasna
- Rubizhne
- Shchastya
- Sievierodonetsk
- Stakhanov
- Stanytsia Luhanska
- Sverdlovsk

(Pro-)
Russian

Organizations	Russian Armed Forces Separatist forces List of equipment Army of the South-East Russian Orthodox Army Vostok Battalion Kalmius Battalion Sparta Battalion Prizrak Brigade Political parties and movements Donetsk Republic New Russia Party Communist Party of DPR Peace for Lugansk Region Borotba Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Ukrainian Choice Russophone Ukraine The Other Russia Eurasian Youth Union Night Wolves Don Cossacks

Lead figures	Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov Sergey Shoygu Vladimir Antyufeyev Igor Bezler Valery Bolotov Alexander Borodai Mikhail Chumachenko Aleksandr Dugin Pavel Gubarev Ekaterina Gubareva Igor Kakidzyanov Alexander Khodakovsky Arsen Klinchaev Vladimir Kononov Aleksey Mozgovoy† Arsen Pavlov† Igor Plotnitsky Vyacheslav Ponomarev Andrei Purgin Denis Pushilin Igor Strelkov Mikhail Tolstykh Oleg Tsaryov Alexander Zakharchenko

Ukrainian

Organizations	Yatsenyuk Government Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard Azov Donbas Patrol Police Dnipro Kharkiv Sich Svyatyi Mykolai Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces Territorial defense battalions Aidar Kryvbas Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Right Sector

Lead figures	Petro Poroshenko Oleksandr Turchynov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Andriy Parubiy Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Valeriy Heletey Mykhailo Koval Mykhailo Kutsyn Oleh Makhnitskyi Viktor Muzhenko Vitaly Yarema Oleh Lyashko Dmytro Yarosh Ihor Kolomoyskyi Serhiy Taruta Ihor Baluta Semen Semenchenko Hennadiy Moskal Nadiya Savchenko

Coordinates: 48°08′N 38°56′E / 48.133°N 38.933°E / 48.133; 38.933

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