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Nova Karakuba

Coordinates: 47°33′35″N 37°04′17″E / 47.55972°N 37.07139°E / 47.55972; 37.07139
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Nova Karakuba
Нова Каракуба
Flag of Nova Karakuba
Coat of arms of Nova Karakuba
Nova Karakuba is located in Donetsk Oblast
Nova Karakuba
Nova Karakuba
Nova Karakuba is located in Ukraine
Nova Karakuba
Nova Karakuba
Coordinates: 47°33′35″N 37°04′17″E / 47.55972°N 37.07139°E / 47.55972; 37.07139
CountryUkraine
OblastDonetsk
RaionVolnovakha
HromadaStaromlynivka rural hromada
Area
 • Total8.231 km2 (3.178 sq mi)
Elevation
138 m (453 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total3,828
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Area code+380 6243

Nova Karakuba (Ukrainian: Нова Каракуба), until 2024 known as Krasna Poliana (Ukrainian: Красна Поляна; Russian: Красная Поляна, romanizedKrasnaya Polyana) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast.[1]

History

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The modern village is the result of a merger of two historic villages: the Greek colony of Nova Karakuba and the German colony of Elizavetdorf.[a][citation needed]

Nova Karakuba was renamed to Krasna Poliana on 15 August 1945.[2]

On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to restore the name Nova Karakuba to the village.[3]

Demographics

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According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 4606, of whom 12.44% spoke Ukrainian, 80.26% spoke Russian, 7.1% spoke Greek, 0.11% spoke German, and 0.04% spoke Belarusian.[4]

Notable people

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ukrainian: Єлизаветдорф; Russian: Елизабетдорф, romanizedElizabetdorf; German: Elisabethdorf

References

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  1. ^ "село Красна Поляна". Retrieved 27 August 2023.[dead link]
  2. ^ Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 15.8.1945 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Сталінської області»  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions]. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  4. ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2022.