Hirske

Hirske (Ukrainian: Гірське, pronounced [ɦʲirˈsʲkɛ]; Russian: Горское, romanized: Gorskoye) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Hirske urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 9,100 (2022 estimate).

Hirske
Гірське
City
Hirske
Location of Bilohorivka within Ukraine
Hirske
Hirske (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°45′7″N 38°29′42″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionSievierodonetsk Raion
HromadaHirske urban hromada
Founded1898
City status1938
Population
 (2022)
  Total9,100
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Before 1938, it was named Hirsko-Ivanivsk (Ukrainian: Гірсько-Іванівськ). During the Russo-Ukrainian War, it has been a site of protracted violence, and was eventually captured by Russian and proxy forces during the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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