Staromlynivka Explained

Staromlynivka
Native Name:Старомлинівка
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Village
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1779
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:7.302
Population Total:2635
Population As Of:01.01.2014
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Staromlynivka in Donetsk Oblast
Coordinates:47.6975°N 36.8256°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:85552
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 6243
Elevation M:106
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Volnovakha Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Staromlynivka rural hromada
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Staromlynivka (Ukrainian: Старомлинівка; Russian: link=no|Старомлыновка|Staromlynovka) is a village in Volnovakha Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, located 14km (09miles) south of the town of Velyka Novosilka.[1] Before 1946, it was known as Staryi Kermenchyk (Ukrainian: Старий Керменчик; Russian: Старый Керменчик|Stary Kermenchik).[2] It is located in the floodplain of the Mokri Yaly river.

It is the administrative center of Staromlynivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas (communities) of Ukraine.[3]

History

The village was founded as Staryi Kermenchyk in 1779 by Greeks from Crimea.[4] The "Kermenchyk" part of the name comes from the word Т'ерменчик from the Urum language,[5] a Turkic language spoken by some Pontic Greeks.[6] The word means "small mill", and the modern name "Staromlynivka" is a calque of this Urum-derived name into Ukrainian.[4]

In 1886, Staryi Kermenchyk was recorded as being the center of inside Mariupol uyezd. The volost contained one other village, Krasna Poliana.[7] In the 20th century, Staryi Kermenchyk was a scene of fighting during the Russian Civil War.[4] It was the center of (known as Staro-Kermenchik Raion until 1946) from 1923 until 1959.

By 1926, Staryi Kermenchyk still had one of the largest Greek communities in Ukraine, as part of the larger community in the area between Mariupol and Donetsk.[8] It was renamed to Staromlynivka in 1946.[2] In May 1964, a local history museum was opened in Staromlynivka.[4]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

The village was captured by Russian forces in March 13, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9] During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian-installed occupation official Vladimir Rogov reported that Ukraine was aiming to take back control of the town.[10]

Demographics

The settlement had 3,373 inhabitants in 2001. The native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of the same year was:[11]

16.04%

0.8%

0.24%

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karolina Hird . George Barros . Grace Mappes . Nicole Wolkov . Mason Clark . Fredrick W. Kagan . 8 June 2023 . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 8, 2023 . 2023-08-14 . Institute for the Study of War . en.
  2. Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 7.6.1946 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Сталінської області». uk. 7 June 1946.
  3. Web site: Старомлинівська громада - Донецька область . 2023-08-14 . gromada.info.
  4. Book: https://ukrssr.com.ua/donetska/velikonovos/staromlinivka-velikonovosilkivskiy-rayon-donetska-oblast. uk . Старомлинівка, Великоновосілківський Район, Донецька Область. R. D. . Lyakh. S. K. . Temyr. The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR.
  5. Греки Приазов'я: Етнонаціональні Процеси В Аспекті Трансформації Традиційної Культури (Кінець Хvііі – Початок Ххі Століття). Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. uk. 113. Так, на правобережжі р. Кальміуса греки-переселенці з Криму заснували [...] Керменчик – Т'ерменчик (урум.).
  6. Stavros. Skopeteas. 2016. The Caucasian Urums and the Urum language/Kafkasya Urumları ve Urum Dili. Handbook of Endangered Turkic Languages.
  7. Web site: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Olena Nikolaevna. Balukhtina. ГОСПОДАРЧО-МАЙНОВИЙ РЕСУРС ПРАВОСЛАВНОЇ ЦЕРКВИ В ДРУГІЙ ПОЛОВИНІ XIX СТОЛІТТЯ – 1917 р. (НА МАТЕРІАЛАХ ПІВДНЯ УКРАЇНИ). 296. 15 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230815215929/https://shron1.chtyvo.org.ua/Balukhtina_Olena/Hospodarcho-mainovyi_resurs_pravoslavnoi_tserkvy_v_druhii_polovyni_XIX_stolittia__1917_r_na_material.pdf?PHPSESSID=u24jvon37hums6k8sjherri7v6. 15 August 2023.
  8. Encyclopedia: Greeks. Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 14 August 2023.
  9. Web site: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 13 . 2022-03-13 . 2022-10-27 . criticalthreats.org . Mason Clark . George Barros . Kateryna Stepanenko . The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that Russian forces captured Staromlynivka, Yevhenivka, Pavlivka, and Yegorivka as of noon local time on March 13. .
  10. News: 2023-08-13 . Ukraine forces seek to pierce Russian lines in south, Russia-installed official . en . Reuters . 2023-08-15.
  11. Web site: Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення Банк даних . All-Ukrainian population census Database . ukrcensus.gov.ua . 27 October 2022 . uk .