Drofyne ( uk, Дрофине; russian: Дрофино; crh, Mesit) is a village in
Nyzhniohirskyi Raion
Nyzhniohirskyi Raion ( uk, Нижньогірський район, russian: Нижнегорский район, crh, Seyitler rayonı) is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognised by a majority of countr ...
of
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
.
Geography
Drofyne is located in the south of the district, in the steppe
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
, near the border with the
Bilohirsk Raion, the altitude is 62 m.
The neighboring village: Jastrebski 2.5 km to the West, Strepitosa to the south and Sady to the North-East. Distance to the district center is about 21 kilometer.
The closest railway station is
Nyzhniohirsk (on line
Dzhankoi
Dzhankoi or Jankoy is a town of regional significance in the northern part of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de facto'' federal subject of the Russian Federation. It also serves as administrat ...
—
Feodosia
uk, Феодосія, Теодосія crh, Kefe
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There is one school in Drofyne.
Дрофинская общеобразовательная школа
History
The villages of Maly Matis and Bolshoy Matis appeared, apparently, in the 1930s, as in the List of settlements of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
During the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, different governments existed within the Crimean Peninsula. From 1921 to 1936, the government in the Crimean Peninsula was known as the Crimean Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic ...
in the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
of 17 December 1926.
In the Statistical Handbook of Taurida
The recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, historically known as ''Tauris'', ''Taurica'' ( gr, Ταυρική or Ταυρικά), and the ''Tauric Chersonese'' ( gr, Χερσόνησος Ταυρική, "Tauric Peninsula"), begins around the ...
province in 1915 Tabulinskiy parish Simferopol Raion
Simferopol Raion ( uk, Сімферопольський район, russian: Симферопольский район, crh, Aqmescit rayonı) is one of the 25 regions of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine, currently illegally occupied by Russia. T ...
featured a Russo-German farm, with a population of 36 people, including 8 Germans.
By the decree of the Presidium of USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
in RSFSR of 18 May 1948, ''Malyi Matis'' and ''Velykyi Matis'' Nyzhnohirskyi Raion were renamed in ''Drofyne''. On 30 September 1966 the village became centre of the village Council.[Немцы России: населенные пункты и места поселения: энциклопедический словарь]
References
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External links
Drofino on a map of Crimea
Villages in Crimea
Nyzhniohirskyi Raion