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Lugansk

American  
[loo-gahnsk] / luˈgɑnsk /

noun

  1. the Russian name of Luhansk.


Lugansk British  
/ luˈɡansk /

noun

  1. Former name (1935–91): Voroshilovgrad.  an industrial city in E Ukraine, in the Donbass mining region: established in 1795 as an iron-founding centre. Pop: 454 000 (2005 est)

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From our area a lot of men have left... men from Kharkov, Zaporoje, Lugansk, Donetsk.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022

Recently he and his team descended on the eastern city of Lugansk to save three-year-old Potap.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 14, 2012

The convoy is heading to Lugansk, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.

From Newsweek

Bubka, 32, has been tilting at limitations for years, ever since he began vaulting at age 10 in the Ukrainian coal town of Lugansk, against the wishes of his father, a Soviet army sergeant.

From Time Magazine Archive

On his birthday the city of Lugansk, where he was born, became Voroshilovsk.

From Time Magazine Archive