Mitakinskaya is a
stanitsa in the
Tarasovsky District of
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
, Russia.
Geography
The stanitsa is located on the left bank of the
Donets
The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Don ...
, bordered by Ukraine to the west.
History
Mitakinskaya was founded in 1549 by the
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До ...
people and was formally part of the in
Don Host Oblast. In 1917 the village had 28,000 people.
On 21 February 2022, during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...
, Russia claimed that five Ukrainian saboteurs were killed by Russian soldiers in Mitakinskaya.
References
External links
Mityakinskaya (village)
Objects of cultural heritage on the territory of the Tarasovsky district
Rostov Oblast articles missing geocoordinate data
Rural localities in Rostov Oblast
Don Host Oblast
Stanitsa
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