Why is a village in Ukraine called New York?
New York — an urban-type settlement in Donetsk region of Ukraine, located seven kilometers from the border of the DPR. From 1951 to 2021, the settlement was called Novgorodskoye, after which the Ukrainian authorities returned its historical name. New York, DNR. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org/V&A Dudush Where did the name New York come from? According to one of the versions, the settlement was founded in the years of the reign of Catherine the […]