Dolynske, Zaporizhia Raion

Dolynske
Долинське
Village
Dolynske

Location of Dolynske in Zaporizhia Oblast

Coordinates: 47°47′16″N 34°56′35″E / 47.78778°N 34.94306°ECoordinates: 47°47′16″N 34°56′35″E / 47.78778°N 34.94306°E
Country  Ukraine
Province Zaporizhia Oblast
District Zaporizhia Raion
Council Dolynske Rural Council
Founded 1809
Area[1]
 • Total 98.17 km2 (37.90 sq mi)
Elevation[2] 97 m (318 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 690
 • Density 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 70420
Area code +380 612
Website http://rada.gov.ua/

Dolynske (Ukrainian: Долинське) is a village (a selo) in the Zaporizhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 690 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[3] Dolynske is the administrative center of the Dolynske Rural Council, a local government area.[3]

The village was first founded in 1809 as Kronstal or Kronsthal (Ukrainian: Кронсталь) by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony.[4][5][6] In 1892, its name was changed to Pavlivka (Ukrainian: Павлівка). Since 1963, the village is known as Dolynske.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dolynska village council". Geoportal of administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine. Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dolynske (Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dolynske, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Rempel, David G.; Carlson, Cornelia (2003). A Mennonite Family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-8020-3639-2.
  5. ↑ "Chortitza Kolonie (1789-1943)". Mennonitische Geschichte und Ahnenforschung (in German). 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Village Report for Kronsthal Chortitza Colony, Russia, 1942". Mennonite Genealogical Resources. Retrieved 19 January 2015.