Lysychansk

Lysychansk

Lysychansk ( _uk. Лисичанськ, translit. "Lysychans’k", _ru. Лисичанск, translit. Lisichansk) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is located on the high right bank of the Seversky Donets River, approximately 90km from the oblast capital, Luhansk.

Famous people

* Gregoriy Kapustin, a Russian
* Volodymyr Sosyura, a Ukrainian poet
* Pyotr Severov, a Ukrainian writer
* Dmitry Lalenkov, an actor in theaters and films
* Nikolay Chuzhikov, Olympic champion in rowing
* Igor Sergeev, a Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation (1995-2001), marshal

Demographics

* 1989 - 127,000 inhabitants
* 2001 - 115,000 inhabitants

External links

* [http://www.lisichansk.com.ua/ City portal]


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