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Novofedorivka (Ukrainian: Новофедорівка; Russian: Новофёдоровка, romanized: Novofyodorovka; Crimean Tatar: Novofödorovka) is an urban-type settlement. It is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the regional centre of Saky, and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Sevastopol.
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| Coordinates: 45°5′37″N 33°34′6″E / 45.09361°N 33.56833°E | |
| Region |  Crimeaa |
| District | Saky Raion |
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• Total | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 6,584 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK, de facto) |
| Postal code | 96574 |
| Area code | +380 6563 |
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| a Autonomous Republic of Crimea (de jure) or the Republic of Crimea (de facto), depending on jurisdiction. | |
Population: 5,610 (2014 Census).[1]
History
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In the 5th century BC there was an ancient Greek settlement on the site of Novofedorovka. Crimean archaeologist S. Lantsov carried out archaeological excavations of it in the 1980s.
Until 1917, there were several buildings on the territory of the village, the “Scarlet” dacha, the owner of which supplied therapeutic mud to Livadia for the treatment of the hemophiliac Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. On the map of the Crimean Statistical Office of 1922, Novo-Fyodorovka is not yet marked.[2] But according to the "List of settlements of the Crimean ASSR according to the All-Union census on December 17, 1926", the village of Novo-Fedorovka had 28 households, 26 of which were peasants, the population was 124 people: 118 of them were Russians and 6 were Armenians Crimean ASSR.[3]
In the 1930s, an unpaved airfield, which was to become Saky airbase, was built for the Kachinsky School of Military Pilots. During the German occupation of 1941–1944, an artificial surface was added to the airfield. In February 1945, the airfield received Winston Churchill's and Franklin Roosevelt's aircraft, when it arrived at the Yalta Conference.
According to a decree of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Crimea dated 12 December 1992, the urban-type settlement of Novofedorovka was formed as part of the Orekhovsky village council of Saky Raion. In November 1995, a separate Novofedorovsky village council was formed.[4]
The area came under Ukrainian Navy control with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Russo-Ukrainian War
editDuring the 2014 annexation of Crimea, Russian forces occupied the town and nearby Saky airbase.[5]
In April 2014, the incident took place outside the Novofedorivka Air Base in the military dormitory building, which was occupied by Ukrainian servicemen and their families that were awaiting relocation to mainland Ukraine. While Ukrainian Navy major Stansilav Karachevsky of the military unit No. 1100 was preparing his belongings in preparation to leave Crimea, an altercation between him and several soldiers on both sides broke out.[6][7] The scuffle escalated to where Russian spetsnaz sergeant E.S. Zaitsev shot the unarmed officer twice in the head at point blank range with an AK-74 assault rifle on the 5th floor of the dormitory building where Russian soldiers were evacuating the troops. Major Karachevsky was pronounced dead immediately. A second Ukrainian personnel, identified as Captain Artem Yermolenko, was beaten and abducted by Russian soldiers. Russian sources confirmed the death of a Ukrainian major perpetrated by one of its sergeants. After the incident, the major's body was reportedly taken by Russian troops. Zaytsev was convicted by a Russian military court for murder and sentenced to two years imprisonment.[8][9]
On 9 August 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several very large explosions occurred at the nearby Saky air base.[10][11] The explosions were focused on the extensive aircraft dispersal complex to the north and west of the runway complex.
References
edit- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Map of the Crimean Statistical Office of 1922". Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ Коллектив авторов (Крымское ЦСУ) (1927). "Список населенных пунктов Крымской АССР по всесоюзной переписи 17 декабря 1926 года". Simferopol: Crimean Central Statistical Office. pp. 72, 73.
- ^ Brief information Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Saky Raion website.
- ^ Ripley, Tim (2 April 2014). "Ukrainian Navy decimated by Russian move into Crimea". Jane's Defence Weekly. p. 17.
- ^ Mezzofiore, Gianluca (7 April 2014). "Crimea: Ukraine Sailor Shot Dead by Russian Soldier". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Ukraine: Naval officer shot dead by Russian solider [sic] in Crimea". The Independent. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Станислав Карачевский — вторая жертва российских оккупантов среди военнослужащих ВСУ в Крыму". Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Минобороны: в Крыму российский солдат убил украинского офицера". BBC News Україна (in Russian). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Triebert, Christiaan (9 August 2022). "Explosion Rocks Russian Air Base in Crimea". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine war: Crimea airbase badly damaged, satellite images show". BBC. 11 August 2022.
