Luhansk People’s Republic

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The Luhansk People’s Republic is a self-proclaimed, Russian-backed separatist entity in eastern Ukraine that declared independence in 2014 and has been a focal point of the Donbas conflict.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former de facto state ⓘ
partially recognized republic ⓘ
pro-Russian separatist entity ⓘ
self-proclaimed state ⓘ
separatist entity ⓘ
unrecognized state ⓘ
annexationNotRecognizedBy Ukraine ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
most countries ⓘ
annexedBy Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
backedBy Russia ⓘ
capital Luhansk ⓘ
claimsTerritoryOf Luhansk Oblast ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature double-headed eagle ⓘ
consideredByMostStatesAs part of Ukraine ⓘ
controlsPartOf Luhansk Oblast ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
declaredIndependenceDate 2014-04-27 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom Ukraine ⓘ
flagDescription horizontal tricolor of light blue, blue, and red with coat of arms ⓘ
formedTogetherWith Donetsk People’s Republic ⓘ
governmentTypeClaimed republic ⓘ
hasArmedWing People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
hasLegislature People’s Council of the Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation pro-Russian ⓘ
joinedRussiaClaimedDate 2022-09-30 ⓘ
legalStatusUnderUkrainianLaw temporarily occupied territory ⓘ
locatedIn Donbas ⓘ
eastern Ukraine ⓘ
notRecognizedBy European Union ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
officialLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOfConflict 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Ukrainian War

Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
War in Donbas ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Ukrainian War
politicalStatusClaimed independent state ⓘ
politicalStatusRecognizedByUkraine part of Ukraine ⓘ
proclaimedInContextOf War in Donbas ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Ukrainian War
recognizedBy Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea

Nicaragua ⓘ
Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia

Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to: Syria
securityPresence Russian military forces ⓘ
subjectOfSanctionsBy European Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
supportedBy Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
usesCurrency Russian ruble ⓘ
Ukrainian hryvnia ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minsk Protocol → party → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
Minsk Protocol → signedByRepresentativeOf → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
Battle of Debaltseve → belligerent → Luhansk People's Republic ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Eastern Ukraine → hasDeFactoControlledAreasBy → Russia-backed separatist entities ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Ukraine
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Alchevsk → deFactoControl → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
Eastern Ukraine campaign → theaterOfOperations → Luhansk People’s Republic (self-proclaimed) ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Luhansk People’s Republic forces → partOf → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
Luhansk People’s Republic forces → country → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
Luhansk People’s Republic forces → foundedBy → Luhansk People’s Republic authorities ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Battle of Severodonetsk → belligerent → Luhansk People's Republic ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Minsk I → party → Luhansk People's Republic ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Donetsk People’s Republic → alliedWith → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
Debaltseve pocket → opposedBy → self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Igor Plotnitsky → country → Luhansk People's Republic ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Igor Plotnitsky → associatedWith → separatist administration in Luhansk ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Igor Plotnitsky → officeJurisdiction → Luhansk People's Republic ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Kadiivka → partOf → Luhansk People’s Republic (self-proclaimed) ⓘ
linked to: Luhansk People’s Republic
Luhansk → claimedBy → Luhansk People’s Republic ⓘ