{{short description|City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Almazna | native_name = Алмазна | settlement_type = City | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Luhansk Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Alchevsk Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Kadiivka urban hromada | pushpin_map = Ukraine#Ukraine Luhansk Oblast | mapframe = yes | mapframe-wikidata=yes | coordinates = {{coord|48|31|N|38|35|E|source:eswiki|display=inline,title}} | population_total = 4,148 | population_as_of = 2022 est. | official_name = | population_demonym = {{hlist|Almaznyánin|Almazniánka|Almaznyáni}} Ukrainian: {{hlist|Aлмазня́нин|Aлмазня́нка|Aлмазня́ни}} }}
'''Almazna''' ({{langx|uk|Алмазна}}, {{langx|ru|Алмазная|Almaznaya}}) is a small city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. The population of Almazna was estimated to be {{Ua-pop-est2022|4148|.}} Industries within Almazna include metallurgy and manufacturing; a coal mine is also located near the city.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6PLxz8EMk0C|title=The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G|date=2008|page=91|isbn=9780231145541 |access-date=4 November 2021|last1=Cohen |first1=Saul Bernard |last2=Cohen |first2=Saul |publisher=Columbia University Press }}</ref>
Since 2014, Almazna has been under the effective control of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204211939/http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2016|title=Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике|publisher=Luhansk People's Republic|language=Russian|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
== Geography == Almazna is situated 65 km away from Luhansk,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-13 |title=м Алмазна, Луганська область |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=04.04.2007&rf7571=19064 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413180824/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=04.04.2007&rf7571=19064 |archive-date=2016-04-13 }}</ref> and 597.9 km away from Kyiv. The city is the source of the river Komyshuvakha, which originates in its eastern part, while the river Lomuvatka flows 1 km west of the city. The railway station Stakhanov (formerly known as Almazna), is located 2 km away from the city.
== Demographics == As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Almazna had a population of 5,099 inhabitants. The absolute majority of the population are Ukrainians, yet a significant minority, which accounts for over 40% of the population claims to have an ethnic Russian background. The exact distribution of the population by ethnicity was as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}</ref>{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Almazna|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|56.72}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|41.28}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.86}} {{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.22}}}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Kadiivka}} {{Luhansk Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities in Luhansk Oblast Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine Category:Populated places established in the Russian Empire Category:Yekaterinoslav Governorate Category:Kadiivka urban hromada
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