Perevalne (; ; ) (until 1945, Angara) is a village in

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, a disputed territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of

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but administered by

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as the

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. The village of Perevalne is administered by the Dobre Village Council, which in turn is subordinate to Crimea's

Simferopol Raion Simferopol Raion (, , ) is one of the 25 regions of the Crimean peninsula, administered by Russia, but considered by many countries as part of Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Simferopol which is incorporated as a tow ...

(

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) authorities. Perevalnoe 7

According to the

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. The

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highway runs through the village, as well as the

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line, which has a stop in the settlement. There is a garrison (воинская часть A-2320) in Perevalne. There's also a former Soviet training center for special forces. The Ukrainian 36th separate mechanized coastal infantry brigade was located there, and, during the 2014

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, was surrounded by the Russian troops without military rank insignia or cockade.

Russia-Ukraine war

In 2023, several explosions were reported on social media at a military base near Perevalne after one of the war's largest drone attacks allegedly targeting the 126th brigade of the Russian

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. The attack allegedly caused “...several dozen Russians killed and wounded. Ammunition storage facilities were also damaged. Military equipment was also seriously damaged.” Russian sources denied any casualties or damage. On 16 May 2025, the

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launched another longe-range strike targeting an ammunition depot near the settlement, which resulted in multiple explosions and a large fire at the site. According to the pro-Ukrainian partisan movement

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, the attack destroyed infrastructure belonging to the 126th Coastal Defense Guards Brigade and killed an unspecified number of Russian servicemen, who were on duty at the depot. As the result of the attack, the Russian occupation authorities temporarily closed the M-18 highway, which is connecting

and

Demographics

According to the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Perevalne had a population of 3,660 inhabitants. It is estimated that

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account for a bit more than half of the local population, roughly one third are ethnic

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, while

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account for a bit more than 10% of the population. Small

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, Moldovan,

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and Gagauz communities also exist in the town.

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serves as an interethnic language and is also considered to be the native language of most inhabitants without an ethnic Russian background in the town, with the only exception being the Crimean Tatar community. The exact native language composition was as follows:

References

External links

* Villages in Crimea Simferopol Raion Simferopolsky Uyezd {{Crimea-geo-stub