Stepanivka

Stepanivka (Ukrainian: Степанівка), sometimes transcribed as Stepanovka (Russian: Степановка), in Ukraine, is the site of an ancient settlement dating to 5000 - 4300 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time large, covering an area of 15 hectares. This proto-city are just one of 2440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 B.C. and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.[1]

The site is near the (modern village) Stepanivka (Perevalskyi Raion) in Luhansk Oblast.[2] On 28 July 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured this village from pro-Russian separatists.[3] Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Luhansk Oblast.[4][5] On 14 August 2014 the Ukrainian military lost control of Stepanivka to the Luhansk People's Republic.[6][7] According to a soldier of the Ukrainian 8th Army Corps the Luhansk People's Republic were able to do this assisted by armored units of the Russian Armed Forces.[7]

See also

• Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
• Danube Valley cultures

References

1. Mykhaylo Videiko. "VIDEIKO M. YU. TRYPILLIA CULTURE PROTO-CITIES: AFTER 40 YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS".
2. (in Ukrainian) Not for long - several hundred years. Evidence of this is ... LuHansk pyramids, Ukrayina Moloda (31 August 2006)
3. (in Ukrainian) Force ATO released Stepanivka, Ukrayinska Pravda (28 July 2014)
4. Leonid Ragozin (16 April 2014). "Putin Is Accidentally Helping Unite Eastern and Western Ukraine - New Republic". New Republic.
5. "TASS: World - Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". TASS.
6. "If I went to the side of the enemy, you would know about it from Russian television - Colonel Bezyazikov" (in Ukrainian). Radio Svoboda. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
7. "Cabinet of Ministers called the cities of Donbass controlled by the separatists". korrespondent.net. Retrieved 2015-10-08.