Dobroslav (; ), previously known as Kominternivske from 1935 to 2016, is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

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. It hosts the administration of Dobroslav settlement hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: Dobroslav is located on the banks of the Small Adzhalyk River, which forms the

Small Adzhalyk Estuary The Small Adzhalyk Estuary or Hryhorivsky Estuary is a brackish water area in southern Ukraine, located north-east of Odesa. In the lower part (left bank) of the estuary, the Pivdennyi Port is located there. The estuary is connected with the se ...

History

On 21 May 2016, the

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adopted a decision to rename Kominternivske Raion to Lyman Raion, and Kominternivske to Dobroslav, according to the law prohibiting names of communist origin. Until 18 July 2020, Dobroslav was the administrative center of Lyman Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Lyman Raion was split between Berezivka and Odesa Raions, with Dobroslav transferred to Odesa Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Dobroslav was designated

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. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dobroslav became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway station is in Kremydivka, on a railway which connects

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with

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

and

Voznesensk Voznesensk (, ) is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Voznesensk Raion within the oblast. It hosts the administration of the . The city has a population of History This city was founded in 1795 o ...

. Dobroslav has access to Highway M14 connecting Odesa and Mykolaiv. Local roads connect it to Berezivka and

Ivanivka Ivanivka () is one of the most popular placenames in Ukraine. It may refer to: Rural settlements * Ivanivka, Luhansk Oblast * Ivanivka, Odesa Oblast * Ivanivka, Kherson Oblast, Ivanivka, Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast Villages * * Ivanivka, Done ...

References

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