Komar, Ukraine
Komar
Комар | |
|---|---|
 Mass grave of Soviet soldiers | |
 Seal | |
  Komar Location within Donetsk Oblast  Komar Location within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°58′39″N 36°45′33″E / 47.97750°N 36.75917°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Komar rural hromada |
| Established | 1780 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Komar Village Council |
| • Mayor | Roman Mykhailovych Dmitriev |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,223 km2 (1,244 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 1,326 |
| • Density | 0.4114/km2 (1.066/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 85520 |
| Area code | +380 6243 |
| Website | komar |
Komar (Ukrainian: Комар; Russian: Комар) is a village in the Volnovakha Raion of the Donetsk Oblast, in Ukraine. It has been under Russian occupation since June 2025.
Geography
[edit]The village is located on the right bank of the Mokri Yaly River. The distance to Velyka Novosilka is about 21 km and it passes by a local highway.
History
[edit]Komar was founded in 1780 by Greek immigrants from the Crimean village of Kamara (modern-day Oboronne). From the moment of its foundation to the present day, the main activity is agriculture and, first of all, grain production.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the population of the village was 1,705 people, of which 8.09% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 84.16% – Russian, 7.33% – Greek (including Mariupol Greek and Urum[1]), 0.12% – Armenian, and 0.06% – Belarusian.[2]
Famous people
[edit]- Serhiy Vasyliovych Holovko is the director of the agricultural society, an honored worker of agriculture of Ukraine.[3]
The following were born in the settlement:
- Hryhoriy Panteliyovych Alchiev (* 1946) a Ukrainian artist.
- Spiridon Mykhailovych Egorov (1908-1999) a Hero of the Soviet Union.
References
[edit]- ↑ Prysedska, Viktoriia (7 December 2025). Як надазовські греки, уруми і румеї, відроджують свої мови й культури [How the Nadazovia Greeks, Urums and Rumeis are reviving their languages and cultures]. BBC News Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Ukrainian Census (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "Указ президента України № 849/2019" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
