Liubymivka, Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Liubymivka (Ukrainian: Любимівка) or Dzerzhynskyi (Ukrainian: Дзержинський; Russian: Дзержинский) is a rural settlement in Rovenky urban hromada, Rovenky Raion of Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine.

Its population is 8,578 (2022 estimate)[2] It was originally known as Liubymivka, until 1926, when it was renamed Dzerzhynskyi by the Soviet government in honor of Bolshevik revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky.

[3] During World War II, the town was occupied by Nazi Germany between July 1942 and February 1943.

[3] In 2016, the settlement was renamed Liubymivka as part of decommunization in Ukraine.

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