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Mykolaivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast

rural settlement in Siverskodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ4320337 ↗
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Mykolaivka (Ukrainian: Миколаївка, Russian: Николаевка) is a rural settlement in Sievierodonetsk Raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine.

Geography

Mykolaivka located at about 76 kilometres (47 mi) WNW from the centre of Luhansk city, at about 21 kilometres (13 mi) SW from Sievierodonetsk.

Demographics

As of 2001 it had a population of 403 people. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:

Ukrainian — 87,1%

Russian — 12,41%

Other language — 0,49%

Russo-Ukrainian War

The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. On 5 June of that year, the Russian general Roman Kutuzov was killed in Mykolaivka by Ukrainian forces.

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