Vakhrusheve (Ukrainian: Вахрушеве; Russian: Вахрушево) or Bokovo-Khrustalne (Ukrainian: Боково-Хрустальне) is a city in Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia.
The first settlements in the area around the modern city arose in the late 18th century, in the time of the Russian Empire.
Some minor mines were built in the early 20th century, but more major development began in 1914.
During World War II, the settlements that would later become Vakhrusheve were occupied by Nazi Germany, which tortured and murdered residents of the villages.
[5][better source needed] In 2016, it was renamed by the Verkhovna Rada to Bokovo-Khrustalne according to the law prohibiting the names of Communist origin.