Nova Karakuba
Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Nova Karakuba (Ukrainian: Нова Каракуба), until 2024 known as Krasna Poliana (Ukrainian: Красна Поляна; Russian: Красная Поляна, romanized: Krasnaya Polyana; Greek: Κράσναγια Πολιάνα) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast.[1]
Nova Karakuba
Нова Каракуба | |
|---|---|
  Nova Karakuba Location within Donetsk Oblast  Nova Karakuba Location within Ukraine | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Staromlynivka rural hromada |
| Established | 1787 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.231 km2 (3.178 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 3,828 |
| • Density | 465.1/km2 (1,205/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 85571 |
| Area code | +380 6243 |
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.[a][citation needed]
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 4,606, of whom 12.44% spoke Ukrainian, 80.26% spoke Russian, 7.1% spoke Greek (including Mariupol Greek and Urum[4]), 0.11% spoke German, and 0.04% spoke Belarusian.[5]
Notable people
- Maksym Chekh, Ukrainian footballer
