Svatove, Crimea

Svatove
Сватове
Svatove is located in Crimea
Svatove
Svatove
Location within Crimea
Svatove is located in Ukraine
Svatove
Svatove
Location within Ukraine
Coordinates: 45°48′48″N 33°52′2″E / 45.81333°N 33.86722°E / 45.81333; 33.86722
Country Ukraine
Republic Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Raion Krasnoperekopsk Raion
HromadaBratske rural hromada
Government
 • Mayor (2010)Iryna Melnychuk
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
230
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
96050
Area code+380 6565
Vehicle registrationAK/KK/01
ControlRussia

Svatove (Ukrainian: Сватове; Russian: Сватово; Crimean Tatar: Sultanaş), is a village in the Krasnoperekopsk district, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, which along the rest of the Crimean peninsula, is currently occupied and administered by the Russian Federation.

History

The village was established by Crimean Tatars under the name of Sultanash.[1] Following the Crimean War, the village was abandoned due to the Tatar exodus, but was quickly reestablished by ethnic Ukrainian settlers, who moved into the abandoned settlements.[2][3] In 1948, after Soviet authorities deported the remainder of the Crimean Tatar population to Central Asia, the village was renamed to Svatovo as part of a large de-Tatarization campaign on the peninsula. In 2014, along with the rest of Crimea, the settlement came under Russian occupation and was unilaterally annexed by the Russian Federation, after Russian-installed authorities conducted a referendum, which was widely considered to be a sham vote with predetermined results.[4]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 230 inhabitants. In terms of ethnic groups living in the settlement, it is estimated that Ukrainians make up a solid majority, followed by large Crimean Tatar and Russian minorities.[5] When it comes to spoken languages in the settlement, a relative majority of the population is Ukrainian speaking, while large minorities speak Russian and Crimean Tatar. The exact native language composition was as follows:[6]

Native languages in Svatove
percent
Ukrainian
 
39.1%
Russian
 
36.5%
Crimean Tatar
 
24.3%
others
 
0.1%

Historical population data

As of the 1926 Soviet census, authorities registered 21 yards and a population of 107 inhabitants. The ethnic composition was as follows:[7]

1926 Soviet census
EthnicityInhabitantsPercentage
Ukrainians 105 98.13%
others 2 1.87%
Total: 107 100%

References

  1. ↑ Lashkov, F. F. (1888). Камеральное описание Крыма, 1784 года [Chamber Description of Crimea, 1784] (in Russian). Simferopol, Ukraine: Taurida Provincial Printing House Simferopol. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Liashenko, V. I. (1997). К вопросу о переселении крымских мусульман в Турцию в конце XVIII — первой половине XIX веков [About the resettlement of Crimean Muslims to Turkey in the 19th century] (in Russian). Simferopol, A.R. Crimea, Ukraine: Taurida National University. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Список населенных пунктов Крымской АССР по всесоюзной переписи 17 декабря 1926 года [List of Settlements in the Crimean ASSR According to the All-Union Census of December 17, 1926] (PDF) (in Russian). Simferopol, Ukraine: Statistical Office of Crimea. 1927. p. 46&47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-31.
  4. ↑ Birrell, Ian (17 March 2014). "Crimea's referendum was a sham display of democracy". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ "Языковый состав населения" [Linguistic composition of the population]. sf.ukrstat.gov.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України". socialdata.org.ua.
  7. ↑ Список населенных пунктов Крымской АССР по всесоюзной переписи 17 декабря 1926 года [List of Settlements in the Crimean ASSR According to the All-Union Census of December 17, 1926] (PDF) (in Russian). Simferopol, Ukraine: Statistical Office of Crimea. 1927. p. 46&47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-31.