Yalta, Donetsk Oblast

Yalta
Ялта
Yalta
Location of Yalta in Donetsk Oblast
Yalta
Yalta (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 46°57′45″N 37°16′19″E / 46.96250°N 37.27194°E / 46.96250; 37.27194
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionMariupol Raion
HromadaManhush settlement hromada
Founded1780
Area
 • Total
12.86 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
4,700
 • Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
87450, 87451
Area code+380 6297

Yalta (Ukrainian: Ялта) is a rural settlement in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was founded by Crimean Greeks, whose deportation to Southern Ukraine was carried out on the order of Empress Catherine the Great, and is named after Yalta in Crimea. Population: 4,700 (2022 estimate).

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Yalta was invaded and occupied by Russian forces.