Sentianivka (; ), known as Frunze () from 1930 to 2016, is a

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in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion (

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(

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, at about 43 km WNW from the centre of

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city, on the banks of the Luhan River. Population:

History

19th and 20th century

The origins of Sentianivka go back to the 1860s-1880s in the

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, when three villages named Sentianivka, Novoselivka, and Krasnohorivka were founded on the lands of a retired military officer with the surname ''Sentianin'', who had served in the Bakhmut hussar regiment. In 1901, there were riots in Sentianivka against mistreatment by a landlord. Rioters burned down a brick factory and

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. Cossack authorities suppressed the rebellion. A railway station was built in Sentianivka in 1908-1910. In 1930, during the times of the

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, Sentianivka, Novoselivka, and Krasnohorivka - in addition to another village named ''Taisivka'' and a number of hamlets - were united into a new urban-type settlement named Frunze, in honor of the communist revolutionary

Mikhail Frunze Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (; ; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theory, military theorist. Born to a Bessarabian father and a Russian mother in Russian Turkestan, Frunze at ...

. Frunze was temporarily occupied by Nazi Germany during

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. The citizens waged partisan warfare against the Nazis.

21st century

Frunze was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the

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that started in mid-April 2014. During the

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that began after the 2014

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, the Ukrainian parliament attempted to return the historical name of the village, Sentianivka. However, due to a clerical error, the initial law actually renamed the town to ''Sentiakivka''. This was quickly fixed in an amendment, officially returning the historical name to ''Sentianivka''.

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 3,752 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: * Ukrainian — 61.0+% *

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— 37.87% *Others — 1.04%

References

Rural settlements in Alchevsk Raion Kadiivka urban hromada {{Luhansk-geo-stub