page_title: Lysychansk
hierarchical_section_title: Lysychansk
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Старий центр м. Лисичанськ
context_page_description: Lysychansk is a city in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and located on the high right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, approximately 115 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk. Its population is approximately 99,889.
  In 1952 Lysychansk became the regional center. The present borders of Lysychansk were finalized by the mid-1960s.
  In 1962 the city of Sievierodonetsk separated from Lysychansk and became its own independent city.
  In 1963 towns of Novodruzhesk and Pryvillia were included in the city limits of Lysychansk and became cities.
  In 1965 Lysychansk incorporated the cities of Verkhnie and Proletarsk.
  Now, the administration of Lysychansk Municipality includes the cities of Novodruzhesk and Pryvillia.
  Together with the cities of Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna and the nearest towns, the Lysychansk area constitutes a major urban and industrial hub of the Donetsk coal basin area, with a population of about 353,000.
context_section_description: Lysychansk (Ukrainian: Лисича́нськ [lɪsɪˈtʃɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: Лисича́нск [lʲɪsʲɪˈtɕansk]) is a city in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and located on the high right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, approximately 115 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk. Its population is approximately 99,889 (2017 est.).
  In 1952 Lysychansk became the regional center. The present borders of Lysychansk were finalized by the mid-1960s.
  In 1962 the city of Sievierodonetsk separated from Lysychansk and became its own independent city.
  In 1963 towns of Novodruzhesk and Pryvillia were included in the city limits of Lysychansk and became cities.
  In 1965 Lysychansk incorporated the cities of Verkhnie and Proletarsk.
  Now, the administration of Lysychansk Municipality includes the cities of Novodruzhesk and Pryvillia.
  Together with the cities of Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna and the nearest towns, the Lysychansk area constitutes a major urban and industrial hub of the Donetsk coal basin area, with a population of about 353,000 (2009).
caption: Dovzhenka Str.
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