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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
- Viktor Chornyi (born 1968), Ukrainian politician
- Ivan Karabyts (1945–2002), Ukrainian composer and conductor
References
- ^ "Yalta (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Topalidis, Sam (2018). "The Relocation of Greeks from Pontos".
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