Artemivsk, Luhansk Oblast


Artemivsk is a city in Perevalsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population:.

History

The city was founded as Katerynivka village in 1910 close to the railway station of Kypyche. Its name was changed to Artema in 1923 and to Artemivsk in 1938.
Since 2014, Artemivsk has been controlled by forces of the Luhansk People's Republic.
On May 12, 2016 Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, which does not control the breakaway region, decided to name the city Kipuche.

Economy

Its major industry is coal mining. Southeast of Artemivsk, there is Donbass-750 an important node in the power grid.