Brianka

{{Infobox settlement | settlement_type = City | official_name = Brianka | native_name = Брянка | pushpin_map = Ukraine Luhansk Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_map1 = | | pushpin_label_position = left | image_flag = File:Flag of Bryanka.png | image_shield = File:Coat of Arms of Bryanka.gif | 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 | population_total = 44760 | population_as_of = 2022 | area_total_km2 = 63,5 | established_date = 1696 | established_title = Founded | established_date1 = 1962 | established_title1 = City status since | elevation_m = 183 | coordinates = {{coord|48|30|48|N|38|38|35|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}} | blank_name = Climate | parts_style = para | blank_info = Dfb | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111012105612/http://bryanka-rada.gov.ua/ Bryankovsky city council] | image_map = | native_name_lang = uk | population_demonym = Bryankivska | governing_body = Bryankivska City Council ({{Langx|uk|Брянківська міська рада}}) | image_skyline = Maryin cliff in Brianka, Ukraine.jpg | image_caption = Maryin cliff | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }} '''Brianka''' ({{langx|uk|Брянка}}, {{langx|ru|Брянка|Bryanka}}) is a city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. It is located in the Donbas region, between the cities of Kadiivka and Alchevsk. Brianka is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. The population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|44,760|,}} {{Ua-pop-est2013|47,512|.}}

Since 2014, Bryanka has been under the control of the Russian-backed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR/LNR).<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 Республ ике|publisher=Luhansk People's Republic|language=Russian|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> In 2022, Russia declared its annexation of the region.

== History == The settlement traces its history to small settlements of Zaporizhian Cossacks, {{Lang|uk|zymivnyky|italic=yes}}, that appeared in place of future Brianka in 1696.

The settlement developed further into a miners' settlement around the local Brianka Quarry since the end of 19th century. After the World War II, in 1944–1962 it was a suburb of neighboring city of Kadiivka. Brianka became a city in its own right in 1962.<ref>Брянка // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.171</ref> A local newspaper has been published in the city since April 1965.<ref>№ 2901. «Труд горняка» // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.381</ref>

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine reports have emerged about Russian soldiers who refused to continue fighting being held captive in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title='They told us nobody's going to take us home' Russian soldiers held captive in Luhansk region for refusing to fight in Ukraine |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/07/22/they-told-us-nobody-s-going-to-take-us-home |website=Meduza |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

=== Population === As of 2021,<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/ |website=ukrcensus.gov.ua}}</ref> the population is 44,987 people.<graph>{ "version": 2, "width": 400, "height": 200, "data": [ { "name": "table", "values": [ { "x": 1959, "y": 7600 }, { "x": 1989, "y": 64800 }, { "x": 1991, "y": 64000 }, { "x": 2017, "y": 46040 }, { "x": 2021, "y": 44987 } ] } ], "scales": [ { "name": "x", "type": "ordinal", "range": "width", "zero": false, "domain": { "data": "table", "field": "x" } }, { "name": "y", "type": "linear", "range": "height", "nice": true, "domain": { "data": "table", "field": "y" } } ], "axes": [ { "type": "x", "scale": "x" }, { "type": "y", "scale": "y" } ], "marks": [ { "type": "rect", "from": { "data": "table" }, "properties": { "enter": { "x": { "scale": "x", "field": "x" }, "y": { "scale": "y", "field": "y" }, "y2": { "scale": "y", "value": 0 }, "fill": { "value": "steelblue" }, "width": { "scale": "x", "band": "true", "offset": -1 } } } } ] }</graph>

=== Ethnicity === As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: * Ukrainians: 54.9% * Russians: 42.7% * Belarusians: 0.8%

=== Language === As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: *Russian: 87.01% *Ukrainian: 12.65% *Belarusian: 0.09%

== Notable people == * Heorhiy Sudakov (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer, former Shakhtar Donetsk player, currently plays for Benfica, with also obtaining the call up from the Ukrainian national team. * Kostyantyn Morozov (born 1944), Ukrainian politician

thumb|Heorhiy Sudakov in Shakhtar Donetsk

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Cities in Luhansk Oblast Category:Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Category:Yekaterinoslav Governorate Category:Kadiivka urban hromada