Staromlynivka (Ukrainian: Старомлинівка; Russian: Старомлыновка, romanized: Staromlynovka) is a village in Volnovakha Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the town of Velyka Novosilka.
Before 1946, it was known as Staryi Kermenchyk (Ukrainian: Старий Керменчик; Russian: Старый Керменчик, romanized: Stary Kermenchik). It is located in the floodplain of the Mokri Yaly river.
Staromlynivka Старомлинівка | |
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Coordinates: 47°41′51″N 36°49′32″E / 47.69750°N 36.82556°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
Hromada | Staromlynivka rural hromada |
Founded | 1779 |
Area | |
• Total | 7.302 km2 (2.819 sq mi) |
Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
Population (01.01.2014) | |
• Total | 2,635 |
• Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 85552 |
Area code | +380 6243 |
It is the administrative center of Staromlynivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas (communities) of Ukraine.
The village was founded as Staryi Kermenchyk in 1779 by Greeks from Crimea. The "Kermenchyk" part of the name comes from the word Т'ерменчик (Ťermenčik) from the Urum language, a Turkic language spoken by some Pontic Greeks. The word means "small mill", and the modern name "Staromlynivka" is a calque of this Urum-derived name into Ukrainian.
In 1886, Staryi Kermenchyk was recorded as being the center of Staro-Kermenchitska volostMariupol uyezd. The volost contained one other village, Krasna Poliana. In the 20th century, Staryi Kermenchyk was a scene of fighting during the Russian Civil War. It was the center of Staromlynivka Raion (known as Staro-Kermenchik Raion until 1946) from 1923 until 1959.[citation needed]
insideBy 1926, Staryi Kermenchyk still had one of the largest Greek communities in Ukraine, as part of the larger community in the area between Mariupol and Donetsk. It was renamed to Staromlynivka in 1946. In May 1964, a local history museum was opened in Staromlynivka.
The village was captured by Russian forces in March 13, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian-installed occupation official Vladimir Rogov reported that Ukraine was aiming to take back control of the town.
The settlement had 3,373 inhabitants in 2001. The native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of the same year was:
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