Krasna Poliana, Donetsk Oblast

Krasna Poliana (Ukrainian: Кра́сна Поля́на; Russian: Кра́сная Поля́на, romanized: Krasnaya Polyana) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast.[1]

"Krasna Poliana" redirects here. For the district in Bulgaria, see Krasna Polyana. For settlements with the equivalent Russian name, see Krasnaya Polyana (disambiguation).

The modern village of Krasna Poliana is the result of a merger of two historic villages - the Greek colony of Nova Karakuba (Ukrainian: Нова Каракуба), and the German colony of Elizavetdorf.[lower-alpha 1]

It was given its current name on 15 August 1945.[2]

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.[3]

Notable people

Notes
  1. Ukrainian: Єлизаветдорф; Russian: Елизабетдорф, romanized: Elizabetdorf; German: Elisabethdorf

References
  1. "село Красна Поляна". Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 15.8.1945 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Сталінської області»  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  3. "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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