Kadiivka

Kadiivka
Кадіївка
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Kadiivka
Kadiivka
Coordinates: 48°34′05″N 38°39′31″E / 48.56806°N 38.65861°E / 48.56806; 38.65861
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionAlchevsk Raion
HromadaKadiivka urban hromada
Founded1814
Area
  Total
91.81 km2 (35.45 sq mi)
Elevation
251 m (823 ft)
Population
 (2019)
  Total
74,546
  Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
940ХХ
Area code+380 06435
ClimateDfb

Kadiivka (Ukrainian: Кадіївка) or Stakhanov (Russian: Стаханов), is a city in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Donbas, eastern Ukraine. Residence of Kadiivka urban hromada. It is located on the Komyshuvakha River, a right tributary of the Luhan. Ukraine renamed the city Kadiivka in 2016, and refers to the city by this name, however Ukraine has not controlled the city since early 2014.

Following their 2022 annexation "referendum", Russia claimed the entire Luhansk Oblast, including Stakhanov (Kadiivka), as part of their Lugansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR). Kadiivka's population is approximately 73,248 (2022 estimate). Russia maintains the name Stakhanov, after the famous Soviet miner Alexei Stakhanov, and all city signage remains in the name of Stakhanov.