Ulakly

Ulakly Улакли
Village
World War II memorial in Ulakly
Flag Coat of arms
Ulakly Location of Velyka Novosilka within Donetsk Oblast Show map of Donetsk Oblast Ulakly Ulakly (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°59′46″N 37°05′13″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada
Population  (2001)
• Total	867

Ulakly (Ukrainian: Улакли; Russian: Улаклы; Urum: Улахлы, romanized: Ulahly) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.^[1]

History

Ulakly was founded by ethnic Greek migrants from a Crimean village, also called Ulakly (now Hlybokyi Yar [uk]). The village in Donetsk Oblast was named after the original Crimean village, as was common with Greek migrants to the Azov region.^[2] In 1892, it had a population of 309 people.^[3] In this era, it was also alternatively known as Dzhemrek (Russian: Джемрекъ; Ukrainian: Джемрек)^[3] or Zhemrek (Russian: Жемрекъ).^[2]

On 24 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ulakly was shelled by the Russian military.^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 867 people. Their native languages were 71.86% Russian, 10.03% Greek, 2.08% Ukrainian, 0.46% Romanian (referred to as "Moldovan" in the census data) and 0.12% Belarusian.^[5]

References

1. "село Улакли". Decentralization in Ukraine. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
2. Rovinsky 1892, p. 82.
3. Rovinsky 1892, p. 81.
4. "Enemies shell Donetsk region. Houses, railway station, hospital, factory destroyed". 25 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
5. "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

Bibliography

• Rovinsky, P. (1892). "Маріупольскіе Греки". Zhivai͡a starina: Perīodicheskoe izdanīe (in Russian). 2 (2).