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Lugansk - Culture |
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The Lugansk region was created as an administrative economic territorial unit of Ukraine in June 1938. The region is located in the south-western part of Ukraine in the basin of the middle Seversky Donets on the way from Donbas to Russia. The region's territory stretches for 250km from south to north and 190km from west to east. The region's borders coincide with the Ukrainian frontiers in the north, east and south, and thus it is in the immediate neighborhood of Russia. As to population, which makes 5.6% of that of Ukraine, the Lugansk region occupies the fourth place among the regions of Ukraine. It belongs to the regions with high population density, the average being 102.7 people per sq.m.
From an administrative point of view, the region is divided into 18 rural districts, and includes 37 cities and towns, including 14 cities of regional subordination and 23 towns of district subordination, and 109 large rural settlements. The educational system of the region includes 833 state secondary general education schools. Professional and technical knowledge is provided by 81 technical schools. There are 40 higher educational institutions of the system of training junior specialists of the 1-2nd levels of accreditation as well as 7 independent institutions and 3 affiliates of the 3-4th levels. New faculties and specialties are being opened. The number of educational establishments of a new kind: gymnasium, lyceums, educational complexes, increases steadily. The educational system of the region embraces more than 453,300 people. There are 836 preschool institutions and 31 boarding schools. A regional department of the Small Academy of Sciences with 12 affiliates has been created. Nominal stipends for gifted children have been established. High scientific potential of the region, besides higher educational institutions and their affiliates, is represented by 50 scientific research, prospecting, and R&D institutions in various fields with 6,700 specialists working there, including 522 candidates and 69 doctors of science. Most of their research and development is done at a high scientific and technical level. Owing to its essential economic potential the region ranks among the most industrialized regions of Ukraine. The region's industry is distinguished by its multi-branch character, while the modern industrial branches at different stages are of local, interregional and international importance. The basis of the commodity production complex is composed of 415 large enterprises (including the production units) of various branches and forms of ownership; besides, there are 600 secondary processing shops at agricultural enterprises (mills, peeling mills, oil mills, bakeries, canning and fruit and vegetable shops, slaughter houses, and sausage shops). As to the production of consumer goods the region occupies the 7th place in Ukraine and the last place by calculation per capita. The latter makes it necessary to decide, in the first place, the problems of saturation of the internal market with high quality consumer goods at the expense of development of the home production and profitable exchange of commodities with the regions of Ukraine, the CIS, and foreign countries. Paid services are rendered to the population in the cities and districts of the region's by above 2,400 enterprises, 76.6% of the services are rendered by enterprises of state ownership.
Dairy and beef cattle breeding, poultry, and sheep breeding prevail in animal breeding. Bee and rabbit breeding as well as fishing are in the process of development Lugansk is a great industrial Centre, and an important transport junction. It is crossed by railway, motor and air routes from the west to the south of Ukraine, and to the northern, central and southern region of Russia. Production of Lugansk's enterprises can be delivered in short terms to Kyiv, Moscow, Rostov, Belgorod, Voronezh, and ports of the Azov and Black Seas. The local airport may be turned into an airport of international class with the help of investments. It has steady relations, including economic relations, with their foreign sister cities: Lyublin (Poland), Cardiff (Great Brotain), Pernik (Bulgaria), Saint-Etienne (France), etc. The advantageous geographical position of the region with its rich and diverse natural resources, multi branch industry with considerable powers, the developed network of transport communications, the proximity of raw material sources and sales markets, high population density and availability of highly skilled specialists contribute to the rich potential for its steady and all round development. After the SSSR collapse, a lot of problems hit hard Ukraine in general and Lugansk in particular. Unemployment and a stagnant economy have driven a lot of its people to emigration and to questionable ways of making an uncertain living. Most streets are poorly lit and tourists are easy targets for locals. They are aware that tourists carry a lot of money. We would advise you to carry only a few valuables which you think are absolutely necessary. Stay off the streets at night time. Just use common sense. |
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Demographically men make
up 45% of the population and women 53.5%; young people to 28 years old
make up 1,082,400, people above the able bodied
age 659,900, the work capable ones 1,613,700, pensioners 855,100 persons.
The region's towns and settlements are populated 
Plant
growing makes up 50.8% and cattle breeding 49.2% in the structure of the
region's agriculture. The long vegetative period, chernozems, and arable
lands in the northern part create favorable conditions for agriculture
specializing in cereals (mostly winter wheat and maize) and oil bearing
(sunflower) crops. Gardening and cattle breeding are also developed. But
because of its dry climate the region needs reliable systems and methods
of irrigation.