Okhotnykove

Village in Crimea

Selo in Crimea

Okhotnykove 45°14′21″N 33°35′39″E / 45.23917°N 33.59417°E / 45.23917; 33.59417
Country	Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
Republic	Crimea
Raion	Saky Raion
First mentioned	1806
Population (2014)
• Total	1,550

Okhotnykove (Ukrainian: Охотникове; Russian: Охотниково, romanized: Okhotnikovo), known officially until 1948 by its Crimean Tatar name of Cağa Quşçu (Ukrainian: Джага-Кущи, romanized: Dzhaha-Kushchy; Russian: Джага́-Кущу́, romanized: Dzhaga-Kushchu) is a village in Crimea, a peninsula internationally recognised as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia since 2014. It is currently administered as part of Saky Raion.

History

Okhotnykove was first mentioned in a document dating to 19 April 1806, where its population was listed, in seventeen households, as including 105 Crimean Tatars, ten Crimean Roma, and four slaves.^[1] Between 1860 and 1864, the village was completely depopulated after its inhabitants fled amidst the Crimean War, and repopulated by Volga Tatars.^[2]

In 1926, the village had a population of 95. Of this population, 59 were Ukrainians, 24 were Tatars, and 13 were Estonians.^[3] With the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, the village was renamed to Okhotnykove by an act of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on 18 May 1948.^[4]

In 2011, the Okhotnykovo Solar Park was constructed in the village by Activ Solar.^[5]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 69.7 percent of people in Okhotnykove spoke Russian, with 16.8 percent speaking Ukrainian and another 12.2 percent speaking Crimean Tatar.^[6] The total population of Okhotnykove was 1,550 according to the 2014 Crimean census,^[7] a decline from its 2001 population of 1,696.^[8]

References

^ Lashkov, Fyodor (1897). Сборник документов по истории Крымско-татарского змлевладения (Окончание) [Collection of Documents on the History of Crimean Tatar Land Ownership] (in Russian). Simferopol: Tavrich. Gub. Tip. p. 151.
^ Khanatskago, K. V. (1867). Памятная книжка Таврической губерніи [Memorial Book of Taurida Governorate] (in Russian). Simferopol: Printing House of Taurida Governorate. p. 427.
^ Список населенных пунктов Крымской АССР [List of settlements in the Crimean ASSR] on Wikimedia Commons. Accessed 8 August 2023
^ Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 18.05.1948 о переименовании населённых пунктов Крымской области [Act by the Presidium of the SS RSFSR from 18.5.1948 on renaming settlements in the Crimean Oblast] on Wikisource. Accessed 8 August 2023
^ "Mission accomplished for Activ Solar: final phase of Ukraine solar plant completed". pv-tech.org. 30 September 2011.
^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Автономна Республіка Крим" [Population distribution by native language, Autonomous Republic of Crimea]. All-Ukrainian Population Census (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Таблицы с итогами Федерального статистического наблюдения "Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе"" [Tables with the results of the Federal Statistical Observation "Population Census in the Crimean Federal District"]. Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Автономна Республіка Крим" [Autonomous Republic of Crimea]. Pop-stat.mashke.org (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2023.