Alchevsk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located in the Luhans'ka oblast (see Luhansk), 45 km from Luhansk. Population is about 120,000. Alchevsk was founded in 1895 with the establishment of an iron works, which benefited from massive expansion in the 1950s and 1960s. The city was known as Voroshilovsk from 1931 to 1961, and then Kommunarsk until 1992.

Alchevsk is one of the largest industrial centers in the Donbas, and comprises a quarter of the entire oblast's production. The city economy depends on the "Alchevsk Metallurgy Kombinat" and "Alchevs'k Coke-Chemical Plant" companies.

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