[2][3] Before the creation of Zolote they were named Karbonit, Rodina, Stakhanovets, Maryvka and Partyzansky.

[3] During the war in Donbas the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of Zolote to the self proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

[5] On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts.

[6] Zolote came under the de facto control of the Luhansk People's Republic on 23 June 2022.

[7] Ethnic composition and native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 (this list contains Luhansk People's Republic controlled areas as well):[8] [9]