Volodyne, Donetsk Oblast

Volodyne Воло́дине
Village
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Coordinates: 47°41′43″N 36°45′10″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Raion	Volnovakha
Hromada	Staromlynivka
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	286

Volodyne (Ukrainian: Воло́дине) is a village in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The distance from Volodyne to the raion (district) center Volnovakha is approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi).[2]

History

The village was founded as a Jewish agricultural colony. The area of the modern village also includes another formerly separate Jewish agricultural colony, the village Udachne.[3]

Before 2020, the village was located in Velyka Novosilka Raion. Since 17 July 2020, the village has been part of Staromlynivka rural hromada in Volnovakha Raion.[4][5]

On 31 August 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed, Russian-controlled Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), claimed that Volodyne had been captured by DPR and Russian forces along with numerous other settlements in the area.[6] During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Volodyne has been one of several directions of attacks by Ukrainian forces, with reported Ukrainian advances taking place in late August 2023.[7]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of the village was 286, of whom 96.49% spoke Ukrainian and 3.16% spoke Russian.[1]

References

1. "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
2. "Village Volodyne: Travel guide online Volodyne". travels.in.ua. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
3. Pasik, Yakov. "Новозлатопольский еврейский национальный район". Еврейские земледельческие колонии Юга Украины и Крыма (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 February 2011.
4. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
5. "Старомлинівська громада - Донецька область,". gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
6. "ДНР: От украинских войск освобождены Ключевое, Володино, Орлинское, Завитне Бажання" (in Russian). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
7. Evans, Angelica; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Mappes, Grace; Harward, Christina; Kagan, Frederick W. (30 August 2023). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 8 September 2023.