Lugansk region is situated in eastern Ukraine and borders on the Russian Federation in the east, the north and the south.

The regional landscape is typically lowlands running upwards from the Seversky Donets valley to the north and Donetsky mountain ridge in the south.

During the 9th-13th centuries other Turkish-speaking nomads (the Pechenegs, the Turks, the Polovians) inhabited the basin of the Seversky Donets). In the first half of the 13th century the Tatar-Mongols conquered these lands and controlled them for over two centuries.

At the end of the 15th century Ukrainian and Russian people began to colonize these lands. They built a lot of watch-towers along the Seversky Donets and other rivers. The number of settlers increased in the 17th century when a lot of new villages and settlements were founded.

In the first half of the 18th century deposits of iron ore, coal and other minerals were discovered on the territory of the region and their mining began. In 1795 the construction of an iron foundry started on the banks of the Luganka. It was the beginning of the city of Lugansk.

Compared to other Ukrainian regions Lugansk is not only a beautiful city with parks, public gardens and memorial places, but also one of the largest industrial centers of Ukraine. Its enterprises has been unique and famous all over the Soviet Union and abroad.

The region has billions of tons of coal reserves.
Lugansk looks very beautiful in the summertime when the whole city is buried in verdure. It is a very quiet and peaceful piece of Ukrainian culture where the time seems to stop. But at the same time there are many modern night clubs, restaurants that correspond to European standards.