page_title: Alchevsk
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Alchevsk / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Alchevsk Українська: Свято-Миколаївський кафедральний собор, Алчевськ, пл. Церковна, 1 This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 44-112-0013
context_page_description: Alchevsk is a city of oblast significance of Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is located approximately 45 kilometres from the oblast capital, Luhansk. Population: 109,377.
  Alchevsk is one of the largest industrial centers in the Donbass, and comprises a quarter of the entire oblast's production. The city economy depends on OJSC "Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works" and "Alchevsk Coke-Chemical Plant" companies.
  The city was known as Voroshylovsk from 1931 to 1961, and then Kommunarsk until 1991.
context_section_description: Alchevsk was founded in 1895 with the establishment of an iron works and named after the Ukrainian industrialist of the Russian Empire Oleksiy Alchevsky who founded the Donetsk–Yuryev Metallurgical Society. He was famous for the financial and industrial development of the eastern part of Ukraine and particularly the Donbass region. Later his children as well as his wife made enormous contribution in the development of the Ukrainian culture through poetry and music.
  A local newspaper is published in the city since 1930.
  In 1931, Alchevsk was renamed Voroshilovsk, after Kliment Voroshilov, a Soviet military and party figure. As Voroshilov's personality cult was diminishing, the town was renamed Kommunarsk in 1961. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the original name was restored in 1992.
caption: St. Nicholas Cathedral, Alchevsk
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