Vesela Dolyna, Odesa Oblast

Vesela Dolyna (Ukrainian: Весела Долина, Romanian: Cleaștița or Cleaștiț, German: Klöstitz) is a village in Bolhrad Raion, Odesa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Budzhak settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1]

Vesela Dolyna Весела Долина
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Coordinates: 46°14′11″N 29°19′07″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Odesa Oblast
Raion	Bolhrad Raion
Hromada	Budzhak settlement hromada
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,206
Postal code	68544
Area code	+380 4847
Climate	Cfa

Until 18 July 2020, Vesela Dolyna was located in Tarutyne Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Tarutyne Raion was merged into Bolhrad Raion.^[2][3]

According to the 2001 census, the majority of the population of the commune was Russian speaking (87.56%), with Ukrainian (6.38%), Bulgarian (3.23%) and Romanian (2.57%) speaking in the minority.^[4]

Notable people

• Stepan Poltorak (born 1965), general, Minister of Defense (2014–2019)^[5]

References

Notes

1. "Бородинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
4. https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
5. "Turchynov proposes parliament appoint Poltorak as National Guard commander". Interfax-Ukraine. March 19, 2014.