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]

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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