| Dovzhansky | |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Location: | , Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 47.8583°N 39.7547°W |
| Blankdetailstitle1: | Phone |
| Blankdetailstitle2: | Hours |
| Blankdetails2: | was Open 24 Hours, now closed |
| Blankdetailstitle3: | Exit Port |
| Blankstatstitle1: | 2011 Cars |
| Blankstatstitle2: | 2011 Trucks |
| Blankstatstitle3: | Pedestrians |
Dovzhansky (uk|Довжанський) is a land border crossing between Ukraine and Russia on the Ukrainian side, in the town of, Sverdlovsk city municipality, Luhansk Oblast.
The crossing is situated on autoroute . Across the border on the Russian side is the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast. The outskirts of Novoshakhtinsk is 10 km from the border crossing and the city center is 20 km.
The type of crossing is automobile, status - international. The types of transportation for automobile crossings are passenger and freight. Trains traveling between Sverdlovsk and Novoshakhtinsk pass through the railway border crossing at Dovzhanske, too.[1]
The port of entry, "Dolzhanskiy", is part of the Dovzhansky customs post of Luhansk customs. Code checkpoint - 70207 02 00 (11)[1]
On May 14, 2014, one day after the unrecognized declaration of independence by the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Ukrainian border guards at the Dovzhansky border crossing arrested Valery Bolotov. 150 to 200 armed Russian backed separatists attacked the Dovzhansky checkpoint where he had been held and freed him.[2] [3] [4]
On June 5, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine closed this border checkpoint and seven others on the Russia–Ukraine border. At that time, separatists in eastern Ukraine had control of the border crossing allowing weapons from Russia to pass without controls. Subsequently, on July 1, 2014, the Ukrainian army regained control of this border point,[5] [6] [7] [8] until 1 August, where daily "Grad" rocket volleys and shelling by pro-Russian forces made the Ukrainian position untenable.[9]