Soniachna Dolyna or Solnechnaya Dolina(Ukrainian: Сонячна Долина; Russian: Солнечная Долина; literally, Sunny Valley) is a village in the Sudak Municipality of the Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[2]
Soniachna Dolyna
Сонячна Долина | |
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  Soniachna Dolyna Location of Soniachna Dolyna in Crimea | |
| Coordinates: 44°52′30″N 35°06′10″E / 44.87500°N 35.10278°E | |
| Republic | Crimea |
| Municipality | Sudak Municipality |
| First mentioned | 1381 |
| Elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,526 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 98025 |
| Area code | +380 6566 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Previously, the settlement was known as the Kozi village (Crimean Tatar: Qoz). Following the forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR published a decree on May 18, 1948 renaming the settlement along with many others throughout Crimea from their native Crimean Tatar names to their current variants.[3]
Soniachna Dolyna is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 95 metres (312 ft).[1] Its population was 1,431 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population: 1,526 (2014 Census).[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Soniachna Dolyna (Crimea region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Soniachna Dolyna, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, City of Sudak". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR from 18.05.1948 about the renaming of populated settlements in the Crimean Oblast (Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 18.05.1948 о переименовании населённых пунктов Крымской области) on the Russian Wikisource.
- ^ 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 January 4, 2016.
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