The Mir Cinema in Stakhanov.

Stakhanov (Ukrainian and Russian: Стаханoв) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast.

The current estimated population is around 90,152 (as of 2001).

History

The city is named after the famous Soviet miner Alexey Stakhanov, who started his career there. Today no one really remembers the name of the settlement before the Soviet Union. Some say that there used to be a village of Lozova Pavlivka, the birthplace of Volodymyr Sosiura. From 1937 to 1940 the city was named Sergo (Ukrainian: Серго), and before 1937 and from 1940 to 1978 the city was known as Kadievka (Russian: Кадиевка), or Ukrainian Kadiyivka (Ukrainian: Кадіївка). A labor camp for German prisoners of war was established at Stakhanov during the Second World War.

The city's economy depends on a railway car building works, ferroalloy plant and coal mines.

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Coordinates: 48°34′N 38°39′E / 48.567°N 38.65°E / 48.567; 38.65