Dolynske, Zaporizhia Raion

Dolynske Долинське
Village
Dolynske Location of Dolynske in Zaporizhia Oblast
Coordinates: UA 47°47′16″N 34°56′35″E / 47.78778°N 34.94306°ECoordinates: UA 47°47′16″N 34°56′35″E / 47.78778°N 34.94306°E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Zaporizhia Oblast
District	Zaporizhia Raion
Council	Dolynske Rural Council
Founded	1809
Area[1]
• Total	98.17 km^2 (37.90 sq mi)
Elevation[2]	97 m (318 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	690
• Density	7.0/km^2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	70420
Area code	+380 612
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

Dolynske (Ukrainian: Долинське) is a village (a selo) in the Zaporizhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 690 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.^[3] Dolynske is the administrative center of the Dolynske Rural Council, a local government area.^[3]

The village was first founded in 1809 as Kronstal or Kronsthal (Ukrainian: Кронсталь) by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony.^[4][5][6] In 1892, its name was changed to Pavlivka (Ukrainian: Павлівка). Since 1963, the village is known as Dolynske.^[3]

References

1. "Dolynska village council". Geoportal of administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine. Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
2. "Dolynske (Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
3. "Dolynske, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
4. Rempel, David G.; Carlson, Cornelia (2003). A Mennonite Family in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-8020-3639-2.
5. "Chortitza Kolonie (1789-1943)". Mennonitische Geschichte und Ahnenforschung (in German). 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
6. "Village Report for Kronsthal Chortitza Colony, Russia, 1942". Mennonite Genealogical Resources. Retrieved 19 January 2015.