Luhansk People's Republic: Administrative division of Russia since 2022 in Ukraine
Luhansk People’s Republic was a partially recognised state in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
When the War in Donbas started in 2014, a few hundred separatists proclaimed it in part of the Luhansk Oblast. Luhansk Oblast is to the east of Ukraine, at the Ukrainian border with Russia. Approximately at the same time, other rebels formed the Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk Oblast. In both parts, there are many ethnic Russians. There was a claim that Russia helped start these unrecognized states. The country is loyal to Russia.
Luhansk People's Republic
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 Flag ![Coat of arms [] of Novorossiya#Luhansk People's Republic](/wiki/simple/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Lugansk_People%27s_Republic.svg) Coat of arms | |||||||||
| Motto: Луганск, сила и свобода Lugansk, sila i svoboda "Luhansk, strength and freedom" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Государственный Гимн Луганской Народной Республики Gosudarstvennyy Gimn Luganskoy Narodnoy Respubliki "State Anthem of the Luhansk People's Republic" | |||||||||
 Territory (in green) claimed and controlled by LPR as of July 2022 | |||||||||
| Status | Limited recognition Recognised by the United Nations as part of Ukraine | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Luhansk | ||||||||
| Official languages | Russian | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary presidential republic Puppet state of the Russian Federation | ||||||||
• Head | Leonid Pasechnik | ||||||||
| Legislature | People's Council | ||||||||
| De facto independence from Ukraine | |||||||||
• Established | 27 April 2014 | ||||||||
• Independence referendum | 11 May 2014 | ||||||||
• Recognised by Russia | 21 February 2022 | ||||||||
• Full control of claimed territory | 3 July 2022[improper synthesis?] | ||||||||
| 30 September 2022 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 8,377 km2 (3,234 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 2017 estimate | 1,400,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Russian ruble (most common); Ukrainian hryvnia (less common); euro, U.S. dollar (legal but rarely used) as of 2015 | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+3 | ||||||||
| Calling code | +7 959 | ||||||||
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In 2022 Russia, Syria and DPRK officially recognised the state along with the Donetsk People's Republic, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
In late 2022, the Luhansk People's Republic became a federal subject of Russia alongside three other occupied oblasts. Most of the international community agrees that Luhansk legally belongs to Ukraine.
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