Maloianysol (; russian: Малоянисоль, Maloyanisol), known from 1956 to 1995 as Kuibysheve () is a village in
Kalchyk rural hromada,
Mariupol Raion,
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
,
Ukraine.
Geography
Maloianysol is located in the
Kalchyk river valley. The Kalchyk is a tributary of the
Kalmius river that flows into the
Azov Sea
The Sea of Azov ( Crimean Tatar: ''Azaq deñizi''; russian: Азовское море, Azovskoye more; uk, Азовське море, Azovs'ke more) is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about ) Strait of Kerch, ...
. Maloianysol is located from
Mariupol.
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History
The historic name of the village is ''Maloianysol''.[ The "-ianysol" part of the name is derived from the Urum language of the Ukrainian Greek settlers that founded the village in 1780 after emigrating from Crimea in 1778. The specific Urum term is (), where means 'new' and means 'village'.][
In 1886, Maloianysol had a population of 3778 people.][
During the Russian Civil War that took place between 1917 and 1923, Maloianysol changed hands several times between the opposing forces. Eventually, it fell under stable control of the Bolsheviks, who established the communist Soviet Union on much of the former territory of the Russian Empire. During World War II, Maloianysol was occupied by Nazi Germany between October 1941 and September 1943. In 1956, Maloianysol was renamed ''Kuibysheve'' by the Soviet government after Russian revolutionary Valerian Kuybyshev.]Petro Andriushchenko
Petro is a masculine given name, a surname and an Ancient Roman cognomen. It may refer to:
Given name
* Petro Balabuyev (1931-2007), Ukrainian airplane designer, engineer and professor, lead designer of many Antonov airplanes
* Petro Doroshenko ...
, a Russian ammunition depot in the village was blown up on 16 March 2023. He cited local eyewitness reports, and accompanied the announcement with a video.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. , the village had a population of 2355 people.[ When asked about their ethnic background, 74% reported Greek ethnicity, 14% reported Russian ethnicity, and 8% reported Ukrainian ethnicity.][ 5.31% reported their native language as Ukrainian, 94.35% reported Russian, 0.08% Greek, and 0.04% Armenian, ]Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
and Gagauz.
Notable people
* Georgis Kostoprav
Georgis Kostoprav ( el, Γεωργής Κωστοπράβ; uk, Георгій Антонович Костоправ, 9 November 1903 – 14 February 1938) was a Rumeika poet, playwright and journalist, who wrote in Mariupol Greek.
Life
Georgis ...
(1903–1938), Greek Ukrainian poet
References
Villages in Mariupol Raion
Kalchyk rural hromada
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