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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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Most of those killed and missing were young women born between 2003 and 2008, according to a list of casualties published by the Moscow-backed governor of the Lugansk region, Leonid Pasechnik.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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