The city of Lugansk oblast.
Antratsyt is a city located in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, near the border of Ukraine with Russia, about 75 km southwest of Luhansk.
Since 2014, Antratsyt is controlled by the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic.
The population of Antratsyt is about 52,000 (2021).
The territory of the region was inhabited over 30,000 years B.C. This is proved by archaeological finds - nomad graves of Saltovsky culture, numerous burial mounds in the city outskirts. After devastating nomad campaigns from Kimmerians to Polovets and Tatar-Mongols, the territory was uninhabited and was called “the wild field”.
It was only at the end of the 16th - early 17th centuries that the first sentry posts of Zaporizhia and Don Cossacks were built there and runaway peasants began inhabiting the area and developing agriculture.
Antratsyt settlement appeared near small Gayevskogo mine in 1895. The settlement received its name because of the deposits of anthracite (ancient coal) found in the area. In 1904, “Bokovsky anthracite” mine was constructed, in 1912, Kolberg mine was built.
In 1920, the settlement received its official name Bokovo-Antratsyt. In 1936, the town received the status of the administrative center of the district.
In 1962, it was again renamed and received its current name - Antratsyt.
Today, it is an important center of coal extraction.
Antratsyt street view
Antratsyt street scenery
Antratsyt cafe
The city is located in the north-eastern part of Donetsk mountain ridge (Nagolny mountain ridge).
Antratsyt is standing in a picturesque steppe place not far from the border with Russia.
The climate of the territory is of moderate continental type. Summers are hot, average temperature in July varies from 21.8 to 35 degrees C above zero; winters are cold, average temperature in January varies from 6 to 15 degrees C below zero.
Coal is mined here; also there are plants repairing mine equipment as well as food and light industry processing plants.
The product of coal industry (4 mines, 2 concentrating mills) makes about 70% of all industrial output of the city.
Residents of the city are proud of their fellow countrymen:
In the central library, there is an Internet center. You can use its’ services for free.
Main educational facilities include the Branch of Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics and the Branch of the Eastern Ukrainian National University.
Antratsyt city scenery
Antratsyt scenery
Antratsyt motel
The monument to miners
Chernobyl disaster monument
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