Hirske
Hirske is a city in Popasna Raion, Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Population:.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast; including Hirske. On 13 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists. However, on 1 September 2014 it was recaptured again.
On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka were transferred from Pervomaisk Municipality to Popasna Raion.Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
- Ukrainian 53.2%
- Russian 41.6%
- Belarusian 0.5%
- Moldavian 0.1%
