Nikita, Crimea Explained

Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Republic
Subdivision Name1:Crimea
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+4
Official Name:Nikita
Native Name:Нікіта
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Yalta Municipality
Subdivision Type3:Local council
Subdivision Name3:Massandra
Pushpin Map:Crimea
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Nikita within the Crimea
Pushpin Map1:Yalta
Pushpin Map Caption1:Location of Nikita
Coordinates:44.5111°N 34.2353°W
Elevation M:250
Population Total:2257
Population As Of:2014
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:98648, 98649
Area Code:+380-654
Blank Info:Botanicheskoye (1971—1991)
Blank Name:Former name
Blank1 Name:Climate

Nikita (Ukrainian: Нікіта; Russian: Никита; Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Nikita) is an urban-type settlement in Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. It is known for the Nikitsky Botanical Garden named after the settlement. Population:

Originally it was a village of Nikita owned by a landowner Smirnov, bought by the state in 1811 for the creation of the botanical garden. During the times of the Soviet Union the settlement was renamed into Botanicheskoye ("Botanical" in Russian). The name was restored after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.