Vesela Dolyna (, or ''Cleaștiț'', ) is a village in

Bolhrad Raion Bolhrad Raion (; ) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bolhrad. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...

(

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

) of Ukraine. It belongs to the

Budzhak settlement hromada Budzhak settlement hromada () is a hromada in Bolhrad Raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Population: The hromada consists of a rural settlement of Budzhak and 33 villages: * Blahodatne * Bohdanivka * Bulativka * Chervone * Hanni ...

, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Vesela Dolyna was located in

Tarutyne Raion Tarutyne Raion ( ) was a raion (Administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It was in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia and its administrative seat was Tarutyne. The ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Tarutyne Raion was merged into Bolhrad Raion. According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of the commune was Russian speaking (87.56%), with Ukrainian (6.38%), Bulgarian (3.23%) and Romanian (2.57%) speaking in the minority.https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/

Notable people

Stepan Poltorak Stepan Tymofiyovych Poltorak () is a Ukrainian general who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 14 October 2014 until 29 August 2019. Previously he was the commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine and National Guard of Ukraine.

(born 1965), general,

Minister of Defense A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

(2014–2019)

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