Іrmino (Ukrainian: Ірміно) is a city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Irmino is located 55 km west of Luhansk. It is part of the agglomeration Alchevsk-Kadiivka, in Donbas. It is located on the banks of the river Luhan. The population is 9,270 (2022 estimate)[1], 10,044 (2013 est.)[2].
Irmino
Ukrainian: Ірміно | |
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 Irmino mine slag heap | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Irmino .svg) Irmino | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′48″N 38°34′58″E / 48.59667°N 38.58278°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Alchevsk Raion |
| Hromada | Kadiivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1808 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,270 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfb |
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Since the War in Donbas began in 2014, Irmino has been under the control of the Luhansk People's Republic.[3] Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, the Luhansk People's Republic became a federal subject of Russia.
History
editIrmino was the first village of Petrovka/Petrivka (Петрівка) founded in 1808 on the right bank of the Luhan by peasants from the Poltava region and renamed Irminka in 1898, and later Irmyne (Ukrainian: Ірмине) or Irmino (Russian: Ирмино) around 1910, after the coal mine named after Irma, daughter of the mine owner.
It was in Irmino, at the “Tsentralna-Irmino” mine, where Alexei Stakhanov had been working since 1927, that the legendary miner reportedly managed to extract 102 t (100 long tons; 112 short tons) of coal, i.e. 14 times the norm, on the night of 30–31 August 1935. At the time, the village of Irmino depended on Kadiivka, and Stakhanov's registration would have been made at the Tsentralna-Irmino mine in Kadiivka.
In 1936, the village achieved city status and took on the name Teplohirsk in 1977. On 8 July 2010 the town was renamed Irmino. The name Irmino is based on the Russian language and does not conform with the norms of the Ukrainian language.[4]
Name
edit- 1808–1900 — Petrivka,
- 1900–1962 — Irmyne/Irmino,
- 1977–2010 — Teplohirsk,
- since 2010 — Irmino
Demographics
edit- 1923 - 2,794
- 1926 - 5,276
- 1939 - 15,327
- 1959 - 21,512
- 1979 - 19,090
- 1989 - 18,549
- 2001 - 13,053
- 2012 - 10,200
- 2013 - 10,044
- 2014 - 9,886
- 2015 - 9,764
- 2016 - 9,687
- 2021 - 9,343
Transport
editIrmino is 116 km from Luhansk by rail and 75 km by road.
References
edit- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Hyrych, Yaroslav (31 January 2023). Прощання з минулим, що затягнулося: незакінчена історія перейменувань міст в Україні [Farewell to the lingering past: the unfinished history of renaming cities in Ukraine]. Novynarnia.
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