Sverdlovsk

Between 1924 and 1991 Yekaterinburg, Russia was known as Sverdlovsk

Sverdlovsk (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru) is a city in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, the center of Sverdlovsk Raion. It is located in the south-east part of the oblast, about 80km from the Luhansk Oblast capital, Luhansk. As of 2001, it's population is 72,531.

History

In the end of the 18th century Catherine II of Russia gave to ataman Vasyl Orlov for his excellent military service, a small farmland in the headstream of Dolzhyk River. The farmland started to be called Dolzhykovo-Orlovske. The development of the village speed up at the end of 19th century, after the discovery of coal in the Donetsk region. In 1938 the city recieved city status and it's current name in the memory of Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov.