Nikita, Ukraine

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Nikita
Нікіта
Никита
Nikita
Nikita (Crimea)
Nikita
Nikita
Location of Nikita, Ukraine within the Crimea, Ukraine
Nikita (Yalta)
Nikita
Nikita
Location of Nikita, Ukraine
Coordinates: 44°30′40″N 34°14′7″E / 44.51111, 34.23528
Country Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Territory Crimea
Region Yalta municipality
Local council Massandra
Elevation 250 m (820 ft)
Population (2001)
 - Total 2,162
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 98648, 98649
Area code(s) +380-654
Former name Botanicheskoye (1971—1991)

Nikita (Ukrainian: Нікіта, Russian: Никита, Crimean Tatar: Nikita) is a townlet in Crimea, Ukraine. It is known for the Nikitsky Botanical Garden named after the settlement.

Originally it was a village of Nikita owned by a landowner Smirnov, bought by the state in 1811 for the creation of the botanical garden. During the times of the Soviet Union the settlement was renamed into Botanicheskoye ("Botanical" in Russian). The name was restored after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.