Bilokurakyne

Bilokurakyne Білокуракине
Rural settlement
Bilokurakyne Location in Luhansk Oblast Bilokurakyne Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°31′38″N 38°46′15″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Svatove Raion
Hromada	Bilokurakyne settlement hromada
Government
• Mayor	Serhiy Siryk
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,349
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Bilokurakyne (Ukrainian: Білокуракине, Russian: Белокуракино) is a rural settlement in Svatove Raion in the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Bilokurakyne Raion. It is located on the Bila River, a right tributary of the Aidar, in the basin of the Don. Population: 6,349 (2022 estimate).

Economy

Transportation

Bilokurakyne is connected by road with Starobilsk where it has further access to Highway H26 ro Svatove and Bilovodsk, as well as to Highway H21 to Luhansk. However, the section between Shchastia and Luhansk is controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic, and free movement from Shchastia to Luhansk is impossible.

There is a railway line in Bilokurakyne, which is currently disconnected from the rest of the railway network in Ukraine. To the south, it extends to Starobilsk and Kondrashivska Nova, in Stanytsia Luhanska, and to the north it crosses the border to Russia, and further runs to Valuyki. Bilokurakyne railway station has infrequent passenger traffic between Kondrashivska Nova and Lantrativka.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 7,969 inhabitants. The native language composition was as follows:

Native languages in Bilokurakyne Languages percent Ukrainian   90.8% Russian   9.0% Belarusian   0.1% Armenian   0.1% others   0.1%

Notable people

• Vitalii Kurylo (born 1957), Ukrainian politician