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Velyka Novosilka Велика Новосілка
Rural settlement
Victory Day, 2020 in Velyka Novosilka
Seal
Velyka NovosilkaShow map of Donetsk OblastVelyka NovosilkaShow map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°50′18″N 36°50′06″E / 47.83833°N 36.83500°E / 47.83833; 36.83500
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Volnovakha Raion
Hromada	Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada
Founded	1779
Area
• Total	9.385 km (3.624 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5 235
KATOTTH	UA14040010010027148
Climate	Dfb
Website	vnovoselke.at.ua

Velyka Novosilka (Ukrainian: Велика Новосілка; Russian: Великая Новосёлка, romanized: Velikaya Novosyolka) is a rural settlement in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was the administrative centre of Velyka Novosilka Raion until its abolishment in 2020. Population: 5,235 (2022 estimate).

Geography

The village is located on the eastern, right bank of the Mokri Yaly River, a tributary of the Vovcha in the Dnieper basin, located 90 km from Donetsk and 45 km from the Roy railway station. It is connected by bus services to the cities of Donetsk, Dnipro, Mariupol, and Zaporizhzhia. Two territorial roads pass through the village - T0509 and T0518.

History

Foundation and early development

The settlement was known as Bolshoy Yanisol (Russian: Большой Янисо́ль; Urum: Салгир Йаны Сала, Salgir Yani Sala) before 1946.

Velyka Novosyolka was established in 1779 by Mariupol Greeks and Urums who had been displaced from Crimea. Their former settlement was located at the confluence of two Crimean villages, Bolshoy Yanisol (commonly known as Yanisol) and Salgir-Yenisal. Its founders also included residents from the villages of Ayan and Ozenbash. For many years, part of the new Bolshoy Yanisol was informally referred to as Ozenbash.

Under Catherine II’s charter, the settlers were allocated 30 dessiatinas (1 dessiatin ≈ 1.09 hectars) of land per person and were exempt from all duties for 10 years, as well as from conscription for 100 years.

Independent Ukraine and 21st century

On 14 August 1996, by the decision of the 63rd session of the village council, the modern coat of arms was approved: the shield is bevelled on the left red and silver. In the red field is a green sunflower with green leaves and a black head with golden petals; in the silver field is a brown bull/turtle, turned to the left, standing on black earth. The author is O. Kyrychok [uk].

With the beginning of the War in Donbas in 2014, pro-Russian forces tried to establish the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the settlement, planned to be conducted by pro-Russian forces with assistance from Russian forces.

On 3 September 2014, more than a thousand residents of the village of Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk region held a rally ‘For United Ukraine’ and were fearful of DPR militants on their territory. On 15 May 2014, a Ukrainian battalion of the Donbas Battalion liberated the district police department in Velyka Novosilka from the police, loyal to the pro-Russian forces. After that, the head of the district police department was replaced, and the personnel were brought to re-swear an oath of allegiance to Ukraine. The flag of Ukraine was raised over the building of the district council. Later, at around 21.00, information was received about 30 vehicles of militants from the Vostok group moving towards Velyka Novosilka, but no real battle took place. After a short firefight, Vostok retreated after suffering several lightly wounded.

On 19 August 2014, a statue of Lenin was repainted in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on the central square of Velyka Novosilka, and the pedestal on which the statue was placed had inscriptions ‘Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes!’, ‘Putin is a dick!’. Later, the inscriptions were replaced with a stencil inscription ‘Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!’.

Later, in 2016, a memorial sign was erected in honour of the founding of the village. The memorial sign depicts a Greek vase on a pedestal, on which the history of Velyka Novosilka is painted.

In 2017, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) detained a former MP who had organised rallies in Velyka Novoselka in support of the ‘DPR’ and a so-called referendum for secession from Ukraine.

In October 2017, the Velyka Novosilka hospital received new high-value diagnostic equipment. It also underwent renovations. On 20 June 2021, an updated version of the coat of arms was published on the official website of the Velyka Novosilka Hromada. The changes include a more modern design of the coat of arms and a change in the colour of the ground from Black to Green.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 13 April 2022, Russian troops conducted a heavy bombardment of the town of Velyka Novosilka, damaging residential buildings and communal infrastructure.

On 9 August, after almost three months, Russian forces again attempted to continue ground attacks towards the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia district border near Velyka Novosilka, but Ukrainian forces repelled the attack near Vremivka. On 21 and 31 August, Russian troops launched assault ground attacks in the direction of Velyka Novosilka, but without success. Constantly being on the front line, the village's infrastructure suffered heavy damage. There also were civilian casualties.

On 20 February 2023, all families with children were evacuated from Velyka Novosilka. In 2023, during the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian troops were pushed back from the outskirts of the settlement. According to the Centre for Defence Strategies (Ukraine), Velyka Novosyolka was a vital important logistics centre for the Ukrainian forces involved in the counteroffensive.

The settlement again became a target of Russian forces along the cities of Kurakhove and Pokrovsk, as part of a broader offensive effort in Southern and Eastern Ukraine. After the fall of Vuhledar in October 2024, Russians swiftly advanced to the north, reaching the proximity of Velyka Novosilka and advancing on it from several axis. Russian forces pressed on and started storming the nearby village of Rozdolne on 23 November, with fortified Velyka Novosilka being stormed on 24 November.

Demographics

Language

The population in 2001 was 7,493, representing 91.1% of the 1989 figure. The demographic composition included 46% Ukrainians, 30% Greeks, 22% Russians, along with smaller numbers of Germans and Belarusians.

Distribution of population by native language according to Ukrainian 2001 Census:

Economy

Culture

The village features two general education schools, a gymnasium, a vocational lyceum, and four preschools. Additionally, it houses a children's music school, a central district hospital, a central polyclinic, a cinema, a district cultural and health center, a historical museum, a memorial museum, a stadium, and a youth sports school (CYSS). The local newspaper “Rural Land” is also published here.

Velyka Novosilka twice hosted the Mega-Yorti [uk] (International Festival of Greek Culture) named after Patricha Donat Konstantinovich [uk] in 1989 and 1993.

In 1997, the football club “Prometheus” was founded in Velyka Novosilka, which played in competitions at the district and regional levels. In 2016, the stadium Kolos stadium was reconstructed in the settlement.

Monuments

In honor of villagers who perished during the conflicts of 1918–1920 and World War II, seven memorials have been erected in the village. Within the territory of Velyka Novosyolka, there are two notable nature reserves: the Neskuchne Forest [uk], an entomological reserve known as a habitat for wild bees, and the Krasnaya Balka Severnaya botanical reserve [uk], home to approximately 200 species of vascular plants.

Notable people

• Baltadzhi Pavlo Mytrofanovych [uk] - rebel ataman participant in the Russian Civil War, member of the anarcho-Makhnovist movement
• Vladimir Takhtamyshev - (1890s–1935), Ukrainian Greek participant in the Russian Civil War, member of the member of the anarcho-Makhnovist movement
• Kasyanenko Volodymyr Hryhorovych [uk] - Ukrainian Soviet anatomist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (USSR)
• Maltabar Leonid Markovich [uk] - Soviet scientist in the field of viticulture
• Moroz Raisa Vasylivna [uk] - Ukrainian public figure, translator, publicist, writer of memoirs, participant in the dissident movement in the USSR [uk]
• Multykh Heorhii Minovych [uk] - Soviet Ukrainian scientist-historian, teacher, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
• Taras Stepanenko - (born 1989) Ukrainian footballer, midfielder of FC Shakhtar Donetsk
• Mykola Shaparenko - (born 1998) is a Ukrainian footballer, midfielder of FC Dynamo Kyiv
• Demurenko Dmytro Serhiiovych [uk] - junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War
• Zavara Oleksandr Vasylovych [uk] - Ukrainian writer, publicist, critic and musician

References

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External links

• http://www.citypopulation.de/php/ukraine-doneck.php

v t e Volnovakha Raion
Administrative center: Volnovakha
Cities	Volnovakha Vuhledar
Rural settlements	Blahodatne Kermenchyk Kliuchove Novodonetske Urozhaine Zachativka Zelenyi Hai
Villages	Bahatyr Berezove Bohdanivka Bohoiavlenka Buhas Dniproenerhiia Heorhiivka Hranitne Kamianka Khlibodarivka Komar Makarivka Malyi Kermenchyk Mykilske Mykolaivka Neskuchne Nova Karakuba Novohnativka Novomaiorske Novoocheretuvate Novopetrykivka Novopil Novosilka Orlynske Pavlivka Petrivka Rivnopil Solodke Starohnativka Staromaiorske Staromarivka Staromlynivka Storozheve Taramchuk Trudivske Ulakly Volodyne Yalinske Yevhenivka Zachativka Zatyshne Zavitne Bazhannia Zelene Pole Zelenyi Hai
Hromadas	Khlibodarivka Komar Myrne Olhynka Staromlynivka Velyka Novosilka Volnovakha Vuhledar

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