Vedmezhe
Urban locality in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
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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]
Vedmezhe
Ведмеже | |
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  Vedmezhe Location of Volodarsk within Luhansk Oblast#Location of Volodarsk within Ukraine  Vedmezhe Vedmezhe (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°07′27″N 39°35′08″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 |
History
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]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 3,208 people.[3] Their native languages were:[6]
