Hirne, Yalta Municipality Explained

Hirne
Native Name:Гірне
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Pushpin Map:Crimea
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hirne in Crimea
Coordinates:44.4756°N 34.1311°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Republic
Subdivision Name1:Crimea
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Yalta Municipality
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:308
Population Total:147
Population As Of:2014
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+4
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:98655
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 654
Website:http://rada.gov.ua/

Hirne (Ukrainian: Гірне; Russian: Горное) is a rural settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[2]

Previously, the settlement was known as the Eriklik (Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Eriklik) village Following the forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR published a decree on May 18, 1948 renaming the settlement along with many others throughout Crimea from their native Crimean Tatar names to their current variants.[3]

Hirne is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 308m (1,010feet).[1] The settlement is located 4.5km (02.8miles) from Livadiya, which it is administratively subordinate to.[2] [4] Its population was 85 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hirne (Crimea region). weather.in.ua. 31 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Hirne, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, City of Yalta. Regions of Ukraine and their Structure. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 31 July 2014. Ukrainian. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072835/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=20.10.2003&rf7571=1302. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. [:ru:s:Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 18.05.1948 о переименовании населённых пунктов Крымской области|Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR from 18.05.1948 about the renaming of populated settlements in the Crimean Oblast (Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 18.05.1948 о переименовании населённых пунктов Крымской области)]
  4. Web site: Urban-type settlement Livadiya. who-is-who.ua. Ukrainian Confederation of Journalists. 31 July 2014. Russian.