Yuryevka (Lugansk region)

The village is located on the Belaya River (a tributary of Lugani ) ^[2] . Neighboring settlements: the village of Mikhailovka in the west, the villages of Troitskoye and Malokonstantinovka in the southwest (all three upstream Belaya ); villages Shimshinovka in the south, Kamyshevakh and Komsomolets in the southeast; White in the east, the village of Vesyolaya Tarasovka in the northeast (both downstream of the White ); Rodakovo in the north, Lotikovo in the northwest.

The history of the village dates back to the 1840s , when the settlement of Belenkaya was formed by Ivan Sterich. Subsequently, the son of Ivan - Alexey Shterich - was forced to give her back for debts, then she went to Scheglov also for debts. By the name of the new owner, until the 1870s , the settlement was called Shcheglovka. From Shcheglov, she passed into the hands of college assessor Dolinsky, one of the Orthodox foreigners who came to live in the Russian Empire . From Dolinsky she already passed to Yuri Ignatievich Poznansky and began to be called Yuryevka; Yuryevka already passed, as a dowry , for her daughter, to Golub, and she sold the company to the French ^{[3] [4]} .

In the 19th century, the rural population lived in the village. These were immigrants from the central regions of Ukraine. At the end of the XIX - beginning of the XX centuries , in the area of ​​the Wolf's beam , the Belgians founded two plants : cement and brick . At these enterprises local residents worked. About 15 houses were built for the workers of these plants, which have survived to this day. A railway passed through the village . In 1905, the passenger railway station was opened. In 1912, peasant unrest occurred, which was brutally suppressed. The 20 most active speakers were arrested. Soviet power was established in February 1918 . For the heroism shown during the civil war , a resident of Yurievka E.F. Shtangeev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .

The largest enterprise in the pre-war period was the Central Belianka mine. There were also small mines: the Persinsky Plast mine, mine No. 2, mine No. 3, traces of which can be observed even now. By the numbers of the mines, local residents named the conditional areas of the village where they were located: “1st number”, “2nd number”, “3rd number”. There was a collective farm in the village, the last name of which is “Chervony Zhovten”. On November 25, 1935, the Belyansk school was opened. Since 1938, the village is the center of the village council .

The fascist occupation lasted from mid-July 1942 to September 1, 1943 . During this period, the German commandant's office was located in the school building. During the liberation, most of the school's premises were destroyed. ^[5] On the fronts of World War II , 320 residents of the village fought, 119 of them died, 289 were awarded orders and medals. During the occupation, over 50 people (most young girls) were hijacked to work in Germany .

After the liberation of the village from the invaders, its restoration began. The school and mine "Central Belyanka" were restored. At the mine "Central Belyanka" a training center was built to qualify the workers of the mine. In the 1950s, more than 20 residential 2-storey houses were built for mine workers, educated in Mira Street.

In the 1940s – 1950s, small mines No. 6 and No. 7 were built on the territory of the village. A railway was constructed for mine No. 6 to transport the mined coal to the coal depot. The warehouse was in close proximity to the freight railway station (former railway station), where coal was loaded into wagons . The soldiers of the construction team laid an asphalt road , passing from Alchevsk to Lugansk . Also in the postwar years, 2 dormitories were built for mine workers (before that, there was already one dormitory in the village).

In 1957, there was a secondary school, a 7-year school, two clubs and three libraries; the basis of the economy was coal mining ^[2] .

The village reached its greatest rise in the 1970s . There were many enterprises operating on the territory of the village: Tsentralnaya Belyanka mine, motorcade , VGSCh , Dynamo sewing and knitting factory, stone quarry . In the village there was a savings bank , a sewing workshop, 2 dining rooms , a summer and winter club , a hospital for 60 beds, a clinic , an ambulance , 2 schools: primary Yuryevskaya (80 students) and Belyanskaya secondary (1,200 students). By 2012, all of the above enterprises were closed, 212 students studied at the Belyansk school.

In 1978, the basis of the economy was coal mining, the largest enterprise was a sewing and knitting factory ^[6] .

In January 1989, the population was 4555 people ^[7] .

As of January 1, 2013, the population was 2988 people ^[8] .

Since the spring of 2014 - as part of the Lugansk People’s Republic ^[9] .

It is located 7 km from the Sbornaya railway station (on the Rodakovo - Likhaya line) ^[6] .

The following monuments are installed in the village:

• Komsomol members M. Myakushko and M. Konturovskaya, who died in the fight against bandits in 1921;
• Monument to the dead miners in 1933 (in the park);
• pilots who died during the Great Patriotic War;
• a monument to partisans who were shot by fascists during the war;
• P. Maksimchuk, who died in 1965 in the GDR during the rescue of a German girl.