Ulakly
Ulakly
Улакли | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 47°59′46″N 37°05′13″E / 47.99611°N 37.08694°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
Hromada | Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 867 |
Ulakly (Ukrainian: Улакли; Russian: Улаклы; Urum: Улахлы, romanized: Ulahly) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
History
[edit]Ulakly was founded by ethnic Greek migrants from a Crimean village, also called Ulakly (now Hlybokyi Yar ). The village in Donetsk Oblast was named after the original Crimean village, as was common with Greek migrants to the Azov region.[2] In 1892, it had a population of 309 people.[3] In this era, it was also alternatively known as Dzhemrek (Russian: Джемрекъ; Ukrainian: Джемрек)[3] or Zhemrek (Russian: Жемрекъ).[2]
On 24 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ulakly was shelled by the Russian military.[4]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 867 people. Their native languages were 71.86% Russian, 10.03% Greek, 2.08% Ukrainian, 0.46% Romanian (referred to as "Moldovan" in the census data) and 0.12% Belarusian.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "село Улакли". Decentralization in Ukraine. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ a b Rovinsky 1892, p. 82.
- ^ a b Rovinsky 1892, p. 81.
- ^ "Enemies shell Donetsk region. Houses, railway station, hospital, factory destroyed". 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
Bibliography
[edit]- Rovinsky, P. (1892). "Маріупольскіе Греки". Zhivai͡a starina: Perīodicheskoe izdanīe (in Russian). 2 (2).