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Shchastia (IPA: [ʃtæs.ʧ̑j.ə], Ukrainian: Ща́стя, romanized: Shchastia, lit. 'Happiness', Russian: Сча́стье) is a city in the Shchastia Raion of the Luhansk Oblast (province) in Ukraine. Population: 11,552 (2021 est.).[2]

Shchastia Щастя
City
Shchastia
Coat of arms
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Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Shchastia Raion
Founded	1754
City Status	1963
Control	Russia[1]
Population  (2021)
• Total	11,552
Area code	(+380)
Vehicle registration	BB / 13
Climate	Dfa

The Luhansk power station, a large powerplant built in the 1950s, is located north of Shchastia. The town of Shchastia is situated on the Donets river. During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, the city became a key site of fighting.

History

The village of Shchastia was founded in 1754.

In 1953, construction began on the Luhansk power station. Shchastia received town status in 1963.

In 2014 Shchastia was controlled by the separatist Luhansk People's Republic from late April 2014 till the Ukrainian army retook the city on 14 June 2014.[3] It was mainly retaken by the volunteer fighters of the Aidar battalion who according to Amnesty International then with “virtually no oversight or control” committed war crimes in Shchastia and nearby cities.[4] According to Shchastia residents this behaviour continued until Aidar was incorporated into the Ukrainian army in spring 2015.[4]

On 5 August 2014, a monument of Vladimir Lenin was removed from the city of Shchastia.

To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbas, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, Shchastia was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion.^{[citation needed]}

On 9 February 2016 112 Ukraine reported that part of the settlement was under control of Ukrainian forces.^{[citation needed]}

On February 24, 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shchastia came under attack by Russian forces and was quickly occupied.[5] 80% of the town has been destroyed in the invasion.[6] According to locals 90% of all houses were destroyed by shelling.[7]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]

• Russian 88.0%
• Ukrainian 11.2%

Picture gallery

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  Shchastia cathedral
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  Cranes monument
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  Horse monument
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  WW2 monument in Shchastia
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  Mertvy Donets River near Shchastia
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  Luhansk thermal power plant

References

External links

• Map of the town.

На других языках

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[de] Schtschastja

Schtschastja (ukrainisch Щастя; russisch Счастье .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Stschastje) ist eine Stadt im Zentrum der ukrainischen Oblast Luhansk mit etwa 12.600 Einwohnern (2014).[1]

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- [en] Shchastia

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[es] Shchastia

Shchastia (en ucraniano, Щастя, en ruso, Счастье ) es una ciudad del sudeste de Ucrania, en el óblast de Lugansk. Está situada a 20 kilómetros al norte de Lugansk. Su población es de 13.160 habitantes (2010).

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[ru] Счастье (город)

Сча́стье (укр. Ща́стя) — Луганской области Украины, в составе Жовтневого района города Луганска. В конце февраля 2022 года в ходе вторжения России в Украину город был взят под контроль российскими войсками[3].

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