page_title: Luhansk People's Republic
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Luhansk People's Republic / Administrative divisions
context_page_description: The Luhansk People's Republic, alternatively spelled as Lugansk People's Republic, usually abbreviated as LPR or LNR, is a landlocked proto-state. It is located in Luhansk Oblast in the Donbass region, a territory internationally recognized to be a part of Ukraine. Luhansk is its capital and biggest city. The population of the republic is approximately 1.5 million people. In its constitution, LPR is proclaimed to be a democratic constitutional state. The current head of state is Leonid Pasechnik.
  The LPR declared independence from Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, along with Donetsk People's Republic and the Republic of Crimea. A still-ongoing armed conflict with Ukraine followed its declaration of independence. The LPR and DPR receive humanitarian assistance from Russia. According to NATO and Ukraine, Russia had also provided military aid to the rebels, a claim that Russia denies.
  Ukraine's legislation describes the LPR's area as a "temporarily occupied territory", and the government of LPR is described as an occupying administration of the Russian Federation.
context_section_description: Since late 2014, the Luhansk People's Republic controls the following administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast:
  Luhansk Municipality
  Alchevsk
  Antratsyt Municipality
  Brianka Municipality
  Kirovsk Municipality
  Krasnodon Municipality
  Krasnyi Luch Municipality
  Pervomaysk
  Rovenky Municipality
  Stakhanov Municipality
  Sverdlovsk Municipality
  Antratsyt Raion
  Krasnodon Raion
  Lutuhyne Raion
  Perevalsk Raion
  Slovianoserbsk Raion
  Sverdlovsk Raion
caption: Districts of LPR.