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.[a]
It was given its current name on 15 August 1945.[2]
Demographics[edit]
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[edit]
- Maksym Chekh, Ukrainian footballer
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "село Красна Поляна". Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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