Okny
Okny | ||
Окни | ||
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Oblast : | Odessa Oblast | |
Rajon : | Okny district | |
Height : | 157 m | |
Area : | 6.96 km² | |
Residents : | 5,636 (2004) | |
Population density : | 810 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 67900 | |
Area code : | +380 4861 | |
Geographic location : | 47 ° 32 ' N , 29 ° 28' E | |
KOATUU : | 5123155100 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 urban-type settlement , 3 villages | |
Address: | вул. Первомайська 31 67900 смт. Окни |
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Okny ( Ukrainian Окни ; Russian Окны Okny , Romanian Ocna ) is an urban-type settlement in southern Ukraine , about 150 kilometers northwest of Odessa , near the border with Moldova on the Jahorlyk River .
It is the center of the Okny Raion in Odessa Oblast . The northern villages of Woljarka ( Волярка ), Nowa Woljarka ( Нова Волярка ) and Flora ( Флора ) also belong to the settlement community of the village .
The settlement was first mentioned in 1771 under the name Okny. Between 1921 and May 19, 2016 she was nicknamed Krasni (Ukrainian Красні Окни ; Russian Красные Окны Krasnyje Okny ; “krasni” stands for “red”, but the name Okna-Roschy / Ошна Рошна, derived from Romanian, was also used ), In 1959 the place was granted urban-type settlement status. Between 1924 and 1940 the place was the capital of the Rajons in the Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , after which the village and the Rajon became part of the Ukrainian SSR . Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has been part of the independent Ukraine within Odessa Oblast.
Personalities
- Israel Gelfand (1913–2009), Soviet mathematician