Nova Karakuba


Nova Karakuba, until 2024 known as Krasna Poliana is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Staromlynivka rural hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast.

History

The modern village is the result of a merger of two historic villages: the Greek colony of Nova Karakuba and the German colony of Elizavetdorf.
Nova Karakuba was renamed to Krasna Poliana on 15 August 1945.
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to restore the name Nova Karakuba to the village.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 4,606, of whom 12.44% spoke Ukrainian, 80.26% spoke Russian, 7.1% spoke Greek, 0.11% spoke German, and 0.04% spoke Belarusian.

Notable people