Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast

Mykolaivka
Миколаївка
Mykolaivka
Location of Verhnioshyrokivske within Ukraine
Mykolaivka
Mykolaivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°35′27″N 39°31′13″E / 48.590833°N 39.520278°E / 48.590833; 39.520278
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
RaionLuhansk Raion
HromadaLuhansk urban hromada
Founded1689
Area
  Total
22 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
  Total
2,135
  Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
93704
Area code+380 6473

Mykolaivka (Ukrainian: Миколаївка; Russian: Николаевка) is a village in Luhansk urban hromada, Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine, at about 12.4 km ENE from the centre of Luhansk city, on the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets river.

The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the War in Donbass, that started in 2014.