Lugansk
Brief Information about Lugansk.

Lugansk sometimes spelt (Luhansk ) is a city in southeastern Ukraine.

The city traces its history to 1795, when the British industrialist Charles Gascoigne founded a metal factory there. Lugansk was founded as a coalmining centre and a location for iron foundries producing cannon.

It is the administrative center of the predominantly Russian-speaking Lugansk Region.

The current estimated Lugansk population is around 445,900.
 
Locomotives, textiles, and mining machinery are produced in the city of Lugansk these days.


British 1st World War Lincoln Tank in Lugansk.

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