Mariia, Ukraine

Mariia (Марія; Ленина) is a rural settlement in Lutuhyne urban hromada, Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region), Ukraine. Population:

History
In spring 2014, during the war in Donbas, Lenina, along with all other settlements in what was then Lutuhyne Raion, was taken over by the Luhansk People's Republic, an unrecognized breakaway state widely described as a puppet state of Russia.

In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, Lenina was officially renamed by the Ukrainian government to Mariia.

Demographics
The estimate of the town's population as of 2022 is 1,032 people.

Native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
 * Ukrainian: 30.83%
 * Russian: 68.72%
 * Others 0.46%