Irmino

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'''Irmino''' ({{Langx|uk|Ірміно}}) is a city in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (district), Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Irmino is located 55 km west of Luhansk. It is part of the agglomeration Alchevsk-Kadiivka, in Donbas. It is located on the banks of the river Luhan. The population is {{Ua-pop-est2022|9,270}}, {{Ua-pop-est2013|10,044}}.

Since the War in Donbas began in 2014, Irmino has been under the control of the 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|script-title=ru:Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике|publisher=Luhansk People's Republic|language=ru|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref> Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, the Luhansk People's Republic became a federal subject of Russia.

[[File:Sole tramcar on the Stakhanov-Irmino line - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|Sole tramcar on the Kadiivka-Irmino line]]

== History == Irmino was the first village of Petrovka/Petrivka ({{Lang|uk|Петрівка}}) founded in 1808 on the right bank of the Luhan by peasants from the Poltava region and renamed Irminka in 1898, and later Irmyne ({{Langx|uk|Ірмине|links=no}}) or Irmino ({{Langx|ru|Ирмино|links=no}}) around 1910, after the coal mine named after Irma, daughter of the mine owner.

It was in Irmino, at the “Tsentralna-Irmino” mine, where Alexei Stakhanov had been working since 1927, that the legendary miner reportedly managed to extract {{cvt|102|t}} of coal, i.e. 14 times the norm, on the night of 30–31 August 1935. At the time, the village of Irmino depended on Kadiivka, and Stakhanov's registration would have been made at the Tsentralna-Irmino mine in Kadiivka.

In 1936, the village achieved city status and took on the name Teplohirsk in 1977. On 8 July 2010 the town was renamed Irmino. The name Irmino is based on the Russian language and does not conform with the norms of the Ukrainian language.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hyrych |first=Yaroslav |date=31 January 2023 |title= |script-title=uk:Прощання з минулим, що затягнулося: незакінчена історія перейменувань міст в Україні |trans-title=Farewell to the lingering past: the unfinished history of renaming cities in Ukraine |url=https://novynarnia.com/2023/01/31/pereimenuvannia-mist/ |website=Novynarnia}}</ref>

== Name == *1808–1900 — Petrivka, *1900–1962 — Irmyne/Irmino, *1977–2010 — Teplohirsk, *since 2010 — Irmino

== Demographics == * 1923 - 2,794 * 1926 - 5,276 * 1939 - 15,327 * 1959 - 21,512 * 1979 - 19,090 * 1989 - 18,549 * 2001 - 13,053 * 2012 - 10,200 * 2013 - 10,044 * 2014 - 9,886 * 2015 - 9,764 * 2016 - 9,687 * 2021 - 9,343

== Transport == Irmino is 116 km from Luhansk by rail and 75 km by road.

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1808 establishments in Ukraine Category:Cities in Luhansk Oblast Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine Category:Populated places established in 1808 Category:Populated places established in the Russian Empire Category:Kadiivka urban hromada