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Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, translit. Luhanśka oblastj, Russian: Луганская область, translit. Luganskaja oblastj; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, Ukrainian: Луганщина, romanized: Luhanščyna) is the easternmost oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Luhansk. Established June 3, 1938. [1]
- -1917: Russian Empire Kharkov Governorate, Yaketerinoslav Governorate
- 1917-1920: Ukrainian People's Republic
- 1922-1941: USSR
- 1941-1944: Nazi Germany Occupation (Reichskomissariat Ukraine)
- 1945-1991: USSR