Yalta, Donetsk Oblast

Yalta
Ялта
Rural settlement
Flag of Yalta
Flag
Coat of arms of Yalta
Coat of arms
Yalta is located in Ukraine
Yalta
Yalta
Location of Yalta in Donetsk Oblast
Yalta is located in Donetsk Oblast
Yalta
Yalta
Yalta (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 46°57′45″N 37°16′19″E / 46.96250°N 37.27194°E / 46.96250; 37.27194
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionMariupol Raion
Founded1780
Area
 • Total
12.86 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total
4,700
 • Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
87450, 87451
Area code+380 6297

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.

  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".