Severodonetsk (Ukrainian: Сєвєродонецьк/Сіверодонецьк, translit. Sievierodonets’k/Siverodonets'k, Russian: Северодонецк, translit. Severodonetsk) is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately 110km(72miles) to the north north west from the oblast capital, Luhansk.
Sieverodonetsk contains many factories and is also an important chemical production center. The city also has an airport.
Vasyl Volha, from Sievierodonetsk, was one of the candidates for the Ukrainian presidential election in 2004.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
