 On 5 August 2014, a monument of Lenin was removed from the city of Shchastya.To facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast during the War in Donbass, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts.In particular, Shchastya was transferred from Luhansk Municipality to Novoaidar Raion.