ALCHEVSK

formerly (193161) Voroshilovsk, or (196192) Kommunarsk city, Luhansk oblast (province), eastern Ukraine. It lies along the railway from Luhansk to Debaltsevo. Alchevsk was founded in 1895 with the establishment of the Donetsko-Yuryevsky ironworks. The plant has developed into a large, integrated ironworks and steelworks, which was expanded greatly in the 1950s and '60s. The city is a major bituminous-coal mining centre, and there are coke-chemical and metalworking industries. Alchevsk presents an undistinguished appearance of modern apartment blocks, industrial enterprises, and old one-story houses. It has a mining and metallurgical institute. Pop. (1991 est.) 126,000.