Село Весела Гора на Луганщині: історія назв і адміністративного статусу

Abstract

The study showed that the modern East Ukrainian village Vesela Gora in Luhansk region in its more than 250-years of history had at least 6 official names, without taking into account their variations: Shevicha, Yuzbasha, Likars’ke, Vesele, Veselogirs’k, Vesela Gora. Apparently, the consistency and duration of the existence of these official names differed from the dynamics of their use at the household level. During its history, the studied settlement changed 4 (5) administrative statuses: a hamlet, a “sloboda”, a village, a small town (and unreasonably attributed – a “derevnia”).102 The problem under consideration is still far from being resolved and leaves an intriguing research perspective