Libental

Libental is a village in Odesa Raion of Odesa Oblast in Ukraine. It belongs to Maiaky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 2017, the village belonged to the Yosypivka Selsoviet, which also included the village Yosypivka, and until 2020 it was located in Ovidiopol Raion. Since then, the village has been administratively part of the Mayaky rural hromada in the west of Odessa Raion.

History

The village was founded in 1925 by German colonists from the neighboring colony of Gross Libental. The village was occupied by Romanian army on August 31, 1941. During the German-Romanian occupation, it was called Adolfstal. On April 11, 1944, it was occupied by the Red Army and returned to the Soviet Union. The German population was evicted on March 20, 1944. Renamed to Lenintal. The village had that name until 2016. In 2016, the historical name Libental was returned as part of decommunization.