Staromaiorske ( uk, Старомайорське ; russian: link=no, Старомайорское, Staromayorskoye) is a village in
Volnovakha Raion
Volnovakha Raion ( uk, Волноваський район, ) is one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is located in the city of Volnov ...
,
Donetsk Oblast
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, eastern
Ukraine
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. It is situated south of the village of
Makarivka and on the opposite side of the
Mokri Yaly
The Mokri Yaly ( ukr, Мокрі Яли; russian: Мокрые Ялы) is a river in western Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. From its headwaters in Volnovakha, it flows roughly west and northwest to its confluence with the Vovcha river, which forms part ...
river from the village of
Urozhaine. The population at the
2001 census was 839.
History
The village was founded in the early 18th century as a Cossack settlement of the
Zaporozhian Sich
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.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
During the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russian forces for over a year. On 27 July 2023, the village was liberated by the
35th Marine Brigade and 7th Battalion Arei of the
Ukrainian Volunteer Army
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of the
129th Kryvyi Rih Defense Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces in the
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
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.
According to
Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
, the village was under Ukrainian control as of 31 July 2023.
By the end of the fighting, the village was largely "ruined".
On 10 June 2024, the Russian Armed Forces recaptured the village.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Ukrainian census
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Ukrainian
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* So ...
, 37.14% spoke
Russian and 0.24% spoke
Belarusian
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* Byelor ...
.
See also
*
Maiorske
*
Novomaiorske
References
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Villages in Volnovakha Raion
18th-century establishments in Ukraine
Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada