Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Village in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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Novodarivka (Ukrainian: Новода́рівка; Russian: Новодаровка, romanized: Novodarovka) is a village in southern Ukraine. Administratively, it is part of Malynivka rural hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In 2001, it had a population of 48 people.
Novodarivka
Новода́рівка | |
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 Interactive map of Novodarivka | |
  Novodarivka Location of Novodarivka within Zaporizhzhia Oblast  Novodarivka Novodarivka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°46′51″N 36°38′4″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia |
| Raion | Polohy |
| Hromada | Malynivka |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.841 km2 (0.325 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 48 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
History
The village was part of Huliaipole Raion until 17 July 2020, when in accordance with country-wide decentralization reforms in Ukraine, Huliaipole Raion was abolished and its territory merged into Polohy Raion.[1]
During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village fell under the occupation of the Russian military for over a year. The Russians heavily mined the village, and dug dugouts underneath residential houses.[2] On 4 June 2023, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive the village was announced to have been liberated by the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces.[3][4] After the village's liberation, on 11 June Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up a dam near the village and flooding both banks of the Mokri Yaly river.[5]
On 3 December 2024, the village was again seized by the Russian forces as part of an offensive on Velyka Novosilka.[6][7]
Demographics
According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Novodarivka was 85 people, of whom 35 were men and 50 were women.[8]
By the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population had shrunk to 48 people.[9] According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the native languages of the villagers were 86.27% Ukrainian, 11.76% Russian, and 1.97% unspecified other languages.[10]