Nova Karakuba Explained

Nova Karakuba
Native Name:Нова Каракуба
Native Name Lang:uk
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Coordinates:47.5597°N 37.0714°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Donetsk
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Volnovakha
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Staromlynivka rural hromada
Established Date:1787
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:8.231
Elevation M:138
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:3828
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code:85571
Area Code:+380 6243

Nova Karakuba, until 2024 known as Krasna Poliana (; ru|Красная Поляна|translit=Krasnaya Polyana) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast.[1]

History

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.

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: село Красна Поляна. 27 August 2023.
  2. uk. Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 15.8.1945 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Сталінської області».
  3. Web site: uk:Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів . Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions . 2024-09-19.
  4. Web site: Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150244/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/mult/dialog/varval.asp?lang=1&ma=19a050501_02_014&multilang=uk&path=..%2Fdatabase%2Fcensus%2F05%2F01%2F&ti=19a050501_02_014.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%2C%20%C4%EE%ED%E5%F6%FC%EA%E0%20%EE%E1%EB%E0%F1%F2%FC%20%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29 . 5 March 2016 . 3 April 2022.