Ulakly

Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Ulakly Улакли́
Village
World War II memorial in Ulakly
Coat of arms
47°59′46″N 37°05′13″E / 47.99611°N 37.08694°E / 47.99611; 37.08694
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada
Population (2001)
• Total	867

Ulakly (Ukrainian: Улакли́; Russian: Улаклы; Urum: Улахлы, romanized: Ulahly) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.^[1]

History

Ulakly was founded by ethnic Greek migrants from a Crimean village, also called Ulakly (now Hlybokyi Yar [uk]). The village in Donetsk Oblast was named after the original Crimean village, as was common with Greek migrants to the Azov region.^[2] In 1892, it had a population of 309 people.^[3] In this era, it was also alternatively known as Dzhemrek (Russian: Джемрекъ; Ukrainian: Джемрек)^[3] or Zhemrek (Russian: Жемрекъ).^[2]

On 24 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ulakly was shelled by the Russian military.^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 867 people. Their native languages were 71.86% Russian, 10.03% Greek, 2.08% Ukrainian, 0.46% Romanian (referred to as "Moldovan" in the census data) and 0.12% Belarusian.^[5]

References

^ "село Улакли". Decentralization in Ukraine. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rovinsky 1892, p. 82.
^ ^a ^b Rovinsky 1892, p. 81.
^ "Enemies shell Donetsk region. Houses, railway station, hospital, factory destroyed". 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-08-31.