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11-559: 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. 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

22-608: Is the head of the executive branch for the Luhansk Oblast . Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War , the administration has been assigned as a civil–military administration since 5 March 2015. As a result, the governor of the Oblast is officially called Head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration . The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by

33-558: The 2001 Ukrainian census : Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 : Luhansk power station Luhansk power station ( Ukrainian : Луганська ТЕС , romanized :  Luhanska TES , formerly Luhanskaya GRES ) is a thermal power station north of Shchastia , near Luhansk , Ukraine . It was built between 1950 and 1956 and its first generator was connected to the grid on 30 September 1956. In 1957, 4 turbines and 7 boilers went in service. In 1958, it

44-464: The Donbas War . By 2022, the town's population had halved to 7,000 in comparison to pre-war numbers. In the days before the invasion, the town was shelled and fired upon by Russian-backed forces more than 900 times with incoming munitions from tanks, artillery, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. The strikes mostly targeted Ukrainian military installations on the outskirts of Shchastia and

55-556: The Russian separatist forces in Donbas . The next day the plant was shelled again. The plant completely shut down due to shelling and was permanently damaged beyond repair. This article about a power station is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Ukrainian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Governor of Luhansk Oblast The governor of Luhansk Oblast

66-495: The Luhansk Power Plant, damaging buildings, water and electrical lines. On 24 February 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Shchastia came under attack by Russian forces and was quickly occupied. On the second day of the war, the governor Serhiy Haidai said that 80% of the town has been destroyed in the invasion. According to locals 90% of all houses were destroyed by shelling. Ethnic groups as of

77-504: The plant (which gives electricity to 98% of Luhansk Oblast), and that they will blow it up if the separatist forces advanced. On 17 September, part of the plant exploded due to combat in the zone, while firefighters couldn't act due to the fire and the mines planted. The plant suspended work on 21 February 2022, head of the Luhansk Regional Administration Serhiy Haidai stated this was due to shelling by

88-420: Was completed. Between 1979 and 2004, Luhansk power station was modernized. It consists today of 4 units with 200 MW, 3 units of 175 MW, and 1 unit of 100 MW. The generator building of Luhansk power station, which has 3 250 metres (820 ft) tall chimneys, is 672 metres (2,205 ft) long. On 3 September 2014, Ukrainian Aidar Battalion commander Serhiy Melnychuk announced that they had mined

99-649: Was controlled by the separatist Luhansk People's Republic from late April 2014 till the Ukrainian Army retook the city on 14 June 2014. 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 acts of violent abuse towards civilians in Shchastia and nearby cities, as did the separatist forces. According to Shchastia residents this behaviour continued until Aidar

110-539: Was incorporated into the Ukrainian Army in spring 2015. 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

121-406: Was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion . In July 2020, as part of the reform of administrative divisions in Ukraine, Novoaidar Raion was absorbed into the newly created Shchastia Raion . Shchastia was made the administrative center of the new raion, although Novoaidar served as the de facto administrative center because it was located farther from the line of contact in

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