Editing Luhansk People's Republic (2014-2022)

{{Infobox country|name=Luhansk People's Republic|established_event3=Minsk Agreement|legislature=[[People's Council (Luhansk)|People's Council]]|area_km2=8,377|population_estimate=1,464,039|national_anthem=Гимн Луганской Народной Республики<br />Anthem of the Luhansk People's Republic|national_motto=Луганск, сила и свобода<br />"Luhansk, strength and freedom"|established_date5=21 February 2022|established_event6=[[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|Russian intervention in Ukraine]]|established_date6=24 February 2022|established_event7=Annexation by Russia|established_date7=30 September 2022|established_date4=12 February 2015|established_date3=5 September 2014|established_date2=11 May 2014|established_event5=Recognised by [[Russian Federation|Russia]]|established_event4=Minsk II Agreement|established_event2=Independence referendum|native_name=Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика|image_flag=Flag of LPR.svg|established_date1=27 April 2014|established_event1=Established|sovereignty_type=Independence from [[Ukraine]]|leader_name2=[[Sergey Kozlov]]|life_span=2014–2022|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name1=[[Leonid Pasechnik]]|leader_title1=Head|government_type=Unitary presidential republic|official_languages=Russian|capital=Luhansk|largest_city=Luhansk|currency=Russian ruble<br />(most common);<br />Ukrainian hryvnia<br />(less common);<br />Euro, United States Dollar<br />(legal but rarely used)}}
The '''Luhansk People's Republic''' (Russian: ''Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика;'' '''LPR''' or '''ЛНР/LNR''') was a separatist state with limited recognition, located in the Donbass region.<ref>{{gtranslate|https://nslnr.su/|Russian|Luhansk}}</ref> Despite its suggestive name, it was not a [[socialist state]].

Due to the [[Euromaidan]], a [[colour revolution]] that led to the rise of [[fascism]] in [[Ukraine]], Russian and other ethnic minorities have been persecuted, resulting in the separation of [[Crimea]], and its subsequent unification with [[Russian Federation|Russia]], as well as the founding of the Luhansk People's Republic and the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] in the  [[Donbass]] region in early 2014.

In 21 February 2022, Russia signed a decree recognizing the independence of both the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic.<ref>{{News citation|date=2022-02-21|title=Putin signs decrees on recognizing Donetsk and Lugansk republics|url=https://tass.com/politics/1407731|newspaper=Russian News Agency TASS}}</ref> In July 2022, also the [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|DPRK]] recognized the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]]|title=Ukraine cuts N Korea ties over recognition of separatist regions|date=2022-07-13|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/n-korea-recognises-breakaway-of-russias-proxies-in-east-ukraine|retrieved=2022-07-14}}</ref>

By July of 2022, the LPR saw its claimed territory be fully liberated from Ukrainian Occupation.

==See also==
*[[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]]

==External Links==
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*[https://rusvesna.su/ Russian spring] (in russian)
*[https://sputniknews.com/tags/geo_Luhansk/ Sputnik News]

==References==
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[[Category:Separatist states]]