Novopil, Donetsk Oblast

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Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Novopil
Новопіль
Village
47°48′25″N 36°37′22″E / 47.80694°N 36.62278°E / 47.80694; 36.62278
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionVolnovakha Raion
Founded1888
Government
 • TypeVolnovakha settlement hromada [uk]
Area
 • Total.85 km2 (0.33 sq mi)
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total253
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
85525
Area code+380 6243
KOATUU code1421281402
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Novopil (Ukrainian: Новопіль, Russian: Новополь, romanized: Novopol) is a village in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.[1] The population was 253 people according to the 2001 census.[2] Now is under Russian occupation during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Geography

Novopil is located about 3 kilometers from Velyka Novosilka, and 6 kilometers from Maliivka. The elevation is 170 meters.[3]

History

The rural hamlet was founded as Neufeld in 1888 by settlers of German nationality, Evangelical-Lutheran faith.[citation needed]

During the Soviet era, a small number of Germans managed to avoid Soviet deportation. The oldest resident of the village of Novopil, approximately 80 years old, said in the fall of 2011 that her family moved to the village of Novopil to live almost immediately after the deportation of the Germans. In the fall of 1941, 11 Germans lived in the village, apparently hiding in dugouts (she said that these Germans were showing her their dugouts). According to the resident, these Germans left the village of Novopil in 1943 with the retreat of the German troops, under the onslaught of the Soviet Army. This event practically ended the history of the Neufeld zone as a German settlement on the territory of Ukraine.[4]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied since 9 March 2022.[5] However, on May 22, 2022, the village of Novopil was liberated from the Russian troops. During the liberation of the settlement, BMP-3, Russian personnel were destroyed. Not a single undamaged house remained in the village after the Russian occupation.[6][better source needed] However, conditions in the city remain unsafe as Russian forces continue to direct artillery fire in its direction.[7]

Russian attacks were repeatedly repelled on the village and surrounding areas.[8][9]

Composition

Up until 2020, the village was part of the Velykonovosilkiy Raion, until it dissolved and was annexed into the Volnovakha Raion as part of the raion reforms.[10]

At present, there are many non-residential buildings and unused farm buildings in various degrees of destruction in the village, wasteland in places where residential houses and farm buildings used to be. There is no school (children, up to ten people, are taken to school in another settlement on a school bus). Asphalt roads within the settlement are in unsatisfactory condition as there are no sidewalks.[11]

References

  1. ^ Автор. "Новопіль – Донецька область". decentralization.gov.ua. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Таблиця: 19A050501_02_014. Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область (1,2,3,4)". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "weather.in.ua – погода в с. Новопіль (Донецька область, Великоновосілківський район) – прогноз погоди в Україні на 3 та 5 днів". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ Archived 18 July 2012 at archive.today[dead link]
  5. ^ "[ Donbass Front ] Russian offense on wide front southwest of Donetsk – Defense Politics Asia". Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ^ Військові показали залишки армії Росії у селі Новопіль на Донеччині, retrieved 7 April 2023
  7. ^ "Як виглядає село, яке в травні бійці Запорізької тероборони звільнили від окупантів (КАРТА, ВІДЕО)".
  8. ^ Mordowanec, Nick (27 February 2023). "Russia relying on rare "Zoopark-1" radar to find artillery: Ukraine". Newsweek. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Ukraine's Armed Forces repel Russian offensive in six directions". ukrinform.net. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Як виглядає село Новопіль, яке в травні ЗСУ звільнили від окупантів" [What does the village of Novopil look like, which was liberated from the occupiers by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in May]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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