Kadiivka
Kadiivka
Кадіївка | |
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Kadiivka Kadiivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′05″N 38°39′31″E / 48.56806°N 38.65861°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Kadiivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1814 |
| Area | |
• Total | 91.81 km2 (35.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 251 m (823 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 74,546 |
| • Density | 812.0/km2 (2,103/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 940ХХ |
| Area code | +380 06435 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Kadiivka (Ukrainian: Кадіївка) or Stakhanov (Russian: Стаханов), is a city in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Donbas, eastern Ukraine. Residence of Kadiivka urban hromada. It is located on the Komyshuvakha River, a right tributary of the Luhan. On the decision of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) the city was renamed back to Kadiivka in 2016. However, due to the Russian occupation of eastern Ukraine since early 2014, the Russian administration has kept the Soviet name of the city.
Following their 2022 annexation "referendum", Russia claimed the entire Luhansk Oblast, including Stakhanov (Kadiivka), as part of their Lugansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR). Kadiivka's population is approximately 73,248 (2022 estimate). Russia maintains the name Stakhanov, after the famous Soviet miner Alexei Stakhanov, and all city signage remains in the name of Stakhanov.