Hirske
Hirske
Гірське | |
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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Hirske | |
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Interactive map of Hirske | |
Hirske Location of Hirske within Ukraine Hirske Hirske (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′7″N 38°29′42″E / 48.75194°N 38.49500°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Sievierodonetsk Raion |
| Hromada | Hirske urban hromada |
| Founded | 1898 |
| City status | 1938 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Hirske (Ukrainian: Гірське, pronounced [ɦirˈsʲkɛ]; Russian: Горское, romanized: Gorskoye) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Hirske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its pre-war population was 9,100 (2022 estimate).
Before 1938, it was named Hirsko-Ivanivsk (Ukrainian: Гірсько-Іванівськ). During the Russo-Ukrainian War, it has been a site of protracted violence, and was eventually captured by Russian and proxy forces during the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.