Ulakly (; russian: Улаклы; ) is a village in

Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Velyka Novosilka. It was formed in 2020, and has a total population of 18,710. During the Russi ...

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 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.

History

Ulakly was founded by ethnic Greek migrants from a Crimean village, also called Ulakly (now ). The village in Donetsk Oblast was named after the original Crimean village, as was common with Greek migrants to the Azov region. In 1892, it had a population of 309 people. In this era, it was also alternatively known as Dzhemrek (russian: Джемрекъ; uk, Джемрек) or Zhemrek (russian: Жемрекъ). On 24 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ulakly was shelled by the Russian military.

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 867 people. Their native languages were 71.86% Russian, 10.03% Greek, 2.08%

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, 0.46%

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(referred to as "Moldovan" in the census data) and 0.12%

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References

Bibliography

* Villages in Volnovakha Raion Commons category link is on Wikidata Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada {{Donetsk-geo-stub