Hirne (Ukrainian: Гірне; Russian: Горное) is a rural settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[2]
Hirne
Гірне | |
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  Hirne Location of Hirne in Crimea | |
| Coordinates: 44°28′32″N 34°07′52″E / 44.47556°N 34.13111°E | |
| Republic | Crimea |
| Municipality | Yalta Municipality |
| Elevation | 308 m (1,010 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 147 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 98655 |
| Area code | +380 654 |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Previously, the settlement was known as the Eriklik (Crimean Tatar: Eriklik) village Following the forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR published a decree on May 18, 1948 renaming the settlement along with many others throughout Crimea from their native Crimean Tatar names to their current variants.[3]
Hirne is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 308 metres (1,010 ft).[1] The settlement is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Livadiya, which it is administratively subordinate to.[2][4] Its population was 85 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population: 147 (2014 Census).[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Hirne (Crimea region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Hirne, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, City of Yalta". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR from 18.05.1948 about the renaming of populated settlements in the Crimean Oblast (Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 18.05.1948 о переименовании населённых пунктов Крымской области) on the Russian Wikisource.
- ^ "Urban-type settlement Livadiya". who-is-who.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Confederation of Journalists. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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