Staromlynivka
Старомлинівка | |
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Coordinates: 47°41′51″N 36°49′32″E / 47.69750°N 36.82556°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
Hromada | Staromlynivka rural hromada |
Founded | 1779 |
Area | |
• Total | 7.302 km2 (2.819 sq mi) |
Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
Population (01.01.2014) | |
• Total | 2,635 |
• Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 85552 |
Area code | +380 6243 |
Staromlynivka (Ukrainian: Старомлинівка; Russian: Старомлыновка, romanized: Staromlynovka) is a village in Volnovakha Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the town of Velyka Novosilka.[1] Before 1946, it was known as Staryi Kermenchyk (Ukrainian: Старий Керменчик; Russian: Старый Керменчик, romanized: Stary Kermenchik).[2] It is located in the floodplain of the Mokri Yaly river.[3]
It is the administrative center of Staromlynivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas (communities) of Ukraine.[4]
The village was founded as Staryi Kermenchyk in 1779 by Greeks from Crimea.[3] The "Kermenchyk" part of the name comes from the word Т'ерменчик (Ťermenčik) from the Urum language,[5] a Turkic language spoken by some Pontic Greeks.[6] The word means "small mill", and the modern name "Staromlynivka" is a calque of this Urum-derived name into Ukrainian.[3]
In 1886, Staryi Kermenchyk was recorded as being the center of Staro-Kermenchitska volostMariupol uyezd. The volost contained one other village, Krasna Poliana.[7] In the 20th century, Staryi Kermenchyk was a scene of fighting during the Russian Civil War.[3] It was the center of Staromlynivka Raion (known as Staro-Kermenchik Raion until 1946) from 1923 until 1959.[citation needed]
insideBy 1926, Staryi Kermenchyk still had one of the largest Greek communities in Ukraine, as part of the larger community in the area between Mariupol and Donetsk.[8] It was renamed to Staromlynivka in 1946.[2] In May 1964, a local history museum was opened in Staromlynivka.[3]
The village was captured by Russian forces in March 13, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9] During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian-installed occupation official Vladimir Rogov reported that Ukraine was aiming to take back control of the town.[10]
The settlement had 3,373 inhabitants in 2001. The native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of the same year was:[11]