RUBIZHNE

Russian Rubezhnoye, also spelled Rubezhnoe, or Rubeznoje, city, Luhansk oblast (province), eastern Ukraine, on the Donets River. The settlement dates from the 18th century and was incorporated in 1934. Rubizhne has an engineering industry and, with Lysychansk and Syeverodonetsk, one of the most important chemical centres in Ukraine for the production of aniline dyes. The city's chemical industry dates from World War I, when it arose as a response to the pre-Revolutionary industrialization of the Donets Basin coalfield. The city has various technical colleges. Pop. (1991 est.) 75,100.