Novofedorivka (; ; ) is an

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. It is located about south of the regional centre of Saky, and about north of

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. Population:

History

Russian Naval Aviation aircraft at Novofedorovka airbase

In the 5th century BC there was an ancient Greek settlement on the site of Novofedorovka. Crimean archaeologist S. Lantsov carried out archaeological excavations of it in the 1980s. Until 1917, there were several buildings on the territory of the village, the "Scarlet" dacha, the owner of which supplied therapeutic mud to Livadia for the treatment of the hemophiliac

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. On the map of the Crimean Statistical Office of 1922, Novo-Fyodorovka is not yet marked. But according to the "List of settlements of the Crimean ASSR according to the All-Union census on December 17, 1926", the village of Novo-Fedorovka had 28 households, 26 of which were peasants, the population was 124 people: 118 of them were Russians and 6 were Armenians Crimean ASSR. In the 1930s, an unpaved airfield, which was to become Saky airbase, was built for the Kachinsky School of Military Pilots. During the German occupation of 1941–1944, an artificial surface was added to the airfield. In February 1945, the airfield received

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's and

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's aircraft, when it arrived at the

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. According to a decree of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Crimea dated 12 December 1992, the urban-type settlement of Novofedorovka was formed as part of the Orekhovsky village council of Saky Raion. In November 1995, a separate Novofedorovsky village council was formed. The area came under

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control with the

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Russo-Ukrainian War

During the 2014 annexation of Crimea, Russian forces occupied the town and nearby Saky airbase. In April 2014, the incident took place outside the Novofedorivka Air Base in the military dormitory building, which was occupied by Ukrainian servicemen and their families that were awaiting relocation to mainland Ukraine. While Ukrainian Navy major Stansilav Karachevsky of the military unit No. 1100 was preparing his belongings in preparation to leave Crimea, an altercation between him and several soldiers on both sides broke out. The scuffle escalated to where Russian

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sergeant E.S. Zaitsev shot the unarmed officer twice in the head at point blank range with an

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assault rifle on the 5th floor of the dormitory building where Russian soldiers were evacuating the troops. Major Karachevsky was pronounced dead immediately. A second Ukrainian personnel, identified as Captain Artem Yermolenko, was beaten and abducted by Russian soldiers. Russian sources confirmed the death of a Ukrainian major perpetrated by one of its sergeants. After the incident, the major's body was reportedly taken by Russian troops. Zaytsev was convicted by a Russian military court for murder and sentenced to two years imprisonment. On 9 August 2022, during the

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, several very large explosions occurred at the nearby Saky air base. The explosions were focused on the extensive aircraft dispersal complex to the north and west of the runway complex.

References

{{authority control Port cities of the Black Sea Urban-type settlements in Crimea Populated places established in 1992 Saky Raion Former closed cities Rural settlements in Crimea