Hrushivka, Crimea

Hrushivka or Grushevka (Ukrainian: Грушівка; Russian: Грушевка) is a village in the Sudak Municipality of the Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.^[2]

Hrushivka Грушівка
Village
View of Hrushivka with the Crimean Mountains in the background.
Hrushivka Location of Hrushivka in Crimea
Coordinates: 45°01′06″N 34°58′20″E
Republic	Crimea
Municipality	Sudak Municipality
First mentioned	1778
Area
• Total	2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	244 m (801 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	2,269
• Density	950/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code	98020
Area code	+380 6566
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Previously, the settlement was known as the Suuk-Sala village (Crimean Tatar: Suvuq Sala). 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]

Hrushivka is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 244 metres (801 ft).^[1] Its population was 2,054 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.^[2] Current population: 2,269 (2014 Census).^[4]

References

1. "Hrushivka (Crimea region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
2. "Hrushivka, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, City of Sudak". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 6 January 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. 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.
4. 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 4 January 2016.

External links

• Media related to Hrushivka at Wikimedia Commons