Drofyne (Ukrainian: Дрофине; Russian: Дрофино; Crimean Tatar: Mesit) is a village in Nyzhniohirskyi Raion of Crimea.

Drofyne
Дрофино
Drofyne is located in Crimea
Drofyne
Drofyne
Drofyne is located in Crimea
Drofyne
Drofyne
Drofyne is located in Ukraine
Drofyne
Drofyne
Drofyne is located in European Russia
Drofyne
Drofyne
Coordinates: 45°17′5″N 34°37′3″E / 45.28472°N 34.61750°E / 45.28472; 34.61750
CountryTerritory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia[1]
RegionAutonomous Republic of Crimea Crimea1
RaionNyzhnohirskyi Raion
Established1784
Area
 • Total094 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total995
Postal Index
297153[2]
1 Autonomous Republic of Crimea (de jure) or Republic of Crimea (de facto), depending on jurisdiction.

Geography edit

Drofyne is located in the south of the district, in the steppe Crimea, near the border with the Bilohirsk Raion, the altitude is 62 m.

The neighboring village: Jastrebski 2.5 km to the West, Strepitosa to the south and Sady to the North-East. Distance to the district center is about 21 kilometer.

The closest railway station is Nyzhniohirsk (on line DzhankoiFeodosia).

There is one school in Drofyne.[3]

History edit

The villages of Maly Matis and Bolshoy Matis appeared, apparently, in the 1930s, as in the List of settlements of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union of 17 December 1926.

In the Statistical Handbook of Taurida province in 1915 Tabulinskiy parish Simferopol Raion featured a Russo-German farm, with a population of 36 people, including 8 Germans.

By the decree of the Presidium of USSR in RSFSR of 18 May 1948, Malyi Matis and Velykyi Matis Nyzhnohirskyi Raion were renamed in Drofyne. On 30 September 1966 the village became centre of the village Council.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).
  2. ^ Post indexes in Russia
  3. ^ Дрофинская общеобразовательная школа Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Немцы России: населенные пункты и места поселения: энциклопедический словарь

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