Novodarivka Новода́рівка
Village
Novodarivka Location of Novodarivka within Zaporizhzhia Oblast Show map of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Novodarivka Novodarivka (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°46′51″N 36°38′4″E / 47.78083°N 36.63444°E / 47.78083; 36.63444
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhzhia
Raion	Polohy
Hromada	Malynivka
Area
• Total	0.841 km2 (0.325 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	48
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)

Novodarivka (Ukrainian: Новода́рівка; Russian: Новодаровка, romanized: Novodarovka) is a village in southern Ukraine. Administratively, it is part of Malynivka rural hromada, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In 2001, it had a population of 48 people.

History

The village was part of Huliaipole Raion until 17 July 2020, when in accordance with country-wide decentralization reforms in Ukraine, Huliaipole Raion was abolished and its territory merged into Polohy Raion.^[1]

During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village fell under the occupation of the Russian military for over a year. The Russians heavily mined the village, and dug dugouts underneath residential houses.^[2] On 4 June 2023, during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive the village was announced to have been liberated by 110th Detached Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces.^[3][4] After the village's liberation, on 11 June Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up a dam near the village and flooding both banks of the Mokri Yaly river.^[5]

Demographics

According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Novodarivka was 85 people, of whom 35 were men and 50 were women.^[6]

By the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population had shrunk to 48 people.^[7] According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the native languages of the villagers were 86.27% Ukrainian, 11.76% Russian, and 1.97% unspecified other languages.^[8]

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