Ulakly (Ukrainian: Улакли; Russian: Улаклы; Urum: Улахлы, romanized: Ulahly) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
Ulakly
Улакли | |
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Village | |
 World War II memorial in Ulakly | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Ulakly Location of Velyka Novosilka within Donetsk Oblast .svg) Ulakly Ulakly (Ukraine) | |
| 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 |
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History
editUlakly 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
editAccording 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).
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