Lenine, Crimea

Coordinates: 45°17′51″N 35°46′26″E / 45.29750°N 35.77389°E / 45.29750; 35.77389
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For other uses, see Lenine (disambiguation).

Yedi Quyu
Lenino / Yedi Quyu (
UTC+3 (EEST
)

Lenine (

2014 census, is of 7,875.[1]

History

Founding and 20th century

The settlement originally grew up around a railway station built in 1899. Its original name was Yedi Quyu in the language of the indigenous Crimean Tatars. This name, which means "Seven Wells", was calqued into the Slavic languages used by Crimea's then-rulers in the government of the Russian Empire as Sem Kolodezey (Russian: Семь Колодезей; Ukrainian: Сім Колодязів, romanized: Sim Kolodiaziv). This was the name used in official legal documents. From 1900 onward, it was administratively part of Feodosiysky Uyezd of Taurida Governorate.[2]

During the

Russian SFSR. In 1923, Sem Kolodezey was made part of the original Kerch Raion. Kerch Raion was later reorganized as Lenine Raion, and Sem Kolodezey became its administrative center.[2]

The Crimean ASSR was reorganized as the

Dzhankoy-Kerch branch located in the settlement is still called Sem Kolodezey.[citation needed
]

21st century

In March 2014, Russia invaded and illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government officially restored the settlements indigenous name of Yedi Quyu, as well as renaming Lenine Raion to match.[2] The Russian occupation administration that controls the town and raion continues to use the names imposed by the Soviet government in 1957.[citation needed]

References

  1. Federal State Statistics Service
    . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4
    .


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