Luhansk People's Republic

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Луганська народна республіка (Luhansʹka narodna respublika).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʌblɪk

Proper noun

Luhansk People’s Republic

A partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Luhanshchyna, Ukraine on the 27th of April, 2014; one of two members of the Confederation of Novorossiya.
- 2014 April 28th, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, “Separatists Declare ‘People’s Republic’ In Ukraine’s Luhansk”:
  On April 27, pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Gathered outside the seized regional headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service, protesters said they would ask Russia to send troops to the Ukrainian region if the Kyiv authorities took “aggressive actions” against the separatists.
- 2014 April 28th, Interfax-Ukraine, “Parliament to consider possibility of all-Ukrainian referendum on April 29 – justice minister”:
  The people who have taken over the building of the Ukrainian Security Service’s department in Luhansk region have announced the creation of the Luhansk People’s Republic and decided to conduct the regional-wide referendum putting for a vote a question: “Do you uphold the act on proclamation of the state independence of ‘Luhansk People’s Republic?’”
- 2015 April 30th, Anders Åslund, Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It, Washington, D.C.: Peterson Institute for International Economics, →ISBN, chapter ii: “Why Ukraine Can and Should Opt for Radical Reforms Now”, § 1: ‘What Are Putin’s Intentions?’, pages 18–19:
  In September 2014, an admittedly small and imperfect poll by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation named after Ilko Kucheriv and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 42 percent of Donbas residents wanted to stay in Ukraine but with more autonomy from Kyiv and 7 percent wanted to stay in Ukraine with no changes, while 26 percent wanted the Donetsk People’s Republic or the Luhansk People’s Republic to be independent and 16 percent wanted to join Russia — that is, 49 percent were for Ukraine and 42 percent for Russia.

Translations

secessionist state in Luhanshchyna, the Ukraine

Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة لُوغَانْسْك الشَّعْبِيَّة‎ f (jumhūriyyat lūḡansk aš-šaʿbiyya)
Aragonese: Republica Popular de Lugansk
Armenian: Լուգանսկի Ժողովրդական Հանրապետություն (Luganski Žołovrdakan Hanrapetutʿyun)
Belarusian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка f (Luhánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika)
Czech: Luhanská lidová republika f
Dutch: Volksrepubliek Loegansk f
Estonian: Luganski Rahvavabariik
Finnish: Luhanskin kansantasavalta
French: République populaire de Lougansk (fr)
German: Volksrepublik Lugansk (de) f
Greek: Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Λουγκάνσκ f (Laïkí Dimokratía tou Lougkánsk)
Hungarian: Luhanszki Népköztársaság
Indonesian: Republik Rakyat Lugansk
Italian: Repubblica Popolare di Lugansk
Japanese: ルガンスク人民共和国 (Rugansuku jinmin kyōwakoku)
Korean: 루간스크 인민 공화국 (ruganseukeu inmin gonghwaguk)
Lithuanian: Luhansko Liaudies Respublika f
Macedonian: Луганска Народна Република f (Luganska Narodna Republika)
Norwegian: Folkerepublikken Lugansk
Polish: Ługańska Republika Ludowa (pl) f
Portuguese: República Popular de Lugansk f
Romanian: Republica Populară Luhansk f
Russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (ru) f (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Луганска Народна Република f
Roman: Luganska Narodna Republika f
Slovak: Luhanská ľudová republika
Spanish: República Popular de Lugansk f
Swedish: Folkrepubliken Lugansk
Turkish: Lugansk Halk Cumhuriyeti
Ukrainian: Луга́нська наро́дна респу́бліка f (Luhánsʹka naródna respúblika)
Urdu: لوگانسک عوامی جمہوریہ‎
Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Nhân dân Lugansk