Vedmezhe
Ведмеже | |
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Coordinates: 48°07′27″N 39°35′08″E / 48.12417°N 39.58556°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
Raion | Dovzhansk Raion |
Hromada | Dovzhansk urban hromada |
Founded | 1907 |
Elevation | 274 m (899 ft) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 2,727 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 92823 |
Area code | +380 6434 |
Vedmezhe (Ukrainian: Ведмеже) or Volodarsk (Ukrainian: Володарськ) is a rural settlement in Dovzhansk urban hromada, Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Population: 2,727 (2022 estimate).[2]
The town has its origins in 1905, when an unnamed worker's settlement grew up around a mine named after the Marxist revolutionary V. Volodarsky. In 1923, it officially received the name Volodarsk. In 1938, it received urban-type settlement status.[3]
During the war in Donbas, the town has been occupied by pro-Russian militants. In 2016, the Ukrainian government renamed Volodarsk to Vedmezhe as part of decommunization in Ukraine.[4] In June 2020, the town was assigned to Dovzhansk urban hromada.[5]
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 3,208 people.[3] Their native languages were:[6]