Bilohorivka, Administrative settlement in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Bilohorivka is a rural settlement in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, belonging to Lysychansk urban hromada. The settlement sits 86 meters above sea level on the southern slopes of the Donets Ridge near the Siverskyi Donets river.
Migrants from Belgorodsky Uyezd in Kursk Governorate founded the settlement in 1720, originally calling it Belhorodka. The settlement received its current name Bilohorivka in 1961 and was long shaped by chalk mining in nearby quarries.
The settlement includes multiple ethnic groups, with residents from Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, Tatar, Greek, and Polish backgrounds forming a diverse community.
A hospital operates in the settlement and bus services run to nearby cities such as Lysychansk and Siversk. The settlement lies in eastern Ukraine near the Donbas border and is currently heavily affected by war.
Until 2013 a cable car connected the local chalk quarries to the Lysychansk soda plant, transporting raw materials across several kilometers. This installation operated for nearly 60 years before being shut down and later dismantled.
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