Okny

Okny
Окни
	Okny
Basic data
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 Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '25 "  N , 29 ° 27' 32"  E
KOATUU :	5123155100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement , 3 villages
Address:	вул. Первомайська 31 67900 смт. Окни
Statistical information
Okny

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 .

Reservoir in the village

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

Web links

Commons : Okny  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 19.05.2016 № 1377-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів
2. ↑ commons: File: Map_of_the_Moldavian_ASSR.jpg