Yalta (Ukrainian: Ялта) is an rural settlement in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was founded by Ukrainian Greeks, whose settlement in Southern Ukraine was sanctioned by Empress Catherine the Great,[3] and is named after Yalta in Crimea. Population: 4,700 (2022 estimate).[2]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Yalta was invaded and occupied by Russian forces.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Yalta (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ Topalidis, Sam (2018). "The Relocation of Greeks from Pontos".