As, Ukraine

As Ac
Village
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Coordinates: 45°58′57″N33°50′20″E / 45.98250°N 33.83889°E / 45.98250; 33.83889
Country	Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
Republic	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Raion	Krasnoperekopsk Raion
Area
• Total	0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (6.6 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	222
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	96002
Area code	+380 6565
Vehicle registration	AK/KK/01

As (Ukrainian : Ac; Crimean Tatar : As; Russian : Ac), until 2023 Proletarka, is a village in the Krasnoperekopsk Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. Since 2014 the town has been occupied and unilaterally annexed by the Russian Federation. According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the settlement counted a population of 222 inhabitants. ^[1]

Geography

It is located on the shores of the Syvash in the northern part of the Crimean peninsula and 4 kilometers northeast from the district capital of Krasnoperekopsk.

History

The settlement was firstly mentioned in records dating back to the year of 1784, in which it was and described as a Crimean Tatar village named "Ass", which counted 161 inhabitants in 1805. ^{[2] [3]} Following the Crimean War between 1853 and 1856, which resulted in a large exodus of the Crimean Tatar population, the village became abandoned, and was only reinhabited in the following years, when ethnic Ukrainians, who were moving into the surrounding deserted Tatar villages, reestablished the settlement. As of the first Soviet census in 1926, the authorities recorded a population of 34 people, out of whom 32 were Ukrainians, while the remainder of the population consisted of one respective Greek and a Crimean Tatar person. ^{[4] [5]} In 1948, Ass was per decree renamed to Proletarka, but regained its original name in 2023, when the Ukrainian parliament passed a legislation, which aimed at renaming Crimean settlements with Soviet toponymy as part of a nationwide decommunization effort. ^{[6] [7]}

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 222 inhabitants. The native language composition was as follows: ^[1]

Native language composition of As (formerly Proletarka)

			percent
Ukrainian			82.4%
Russian			15.8%
Crimean Tatar			0.5%
others			1.4%

Historical population data

Ethnic groups in the settlement as of the 1926 Soviet census: ^[8]

1926 census

			percent
Ukrainians			94.12%
Greeks			2.94%
Crimean Tatars			2.94%
others			0.00%

References

1. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України". socialdata.org.ua.
2. "Камеральное Описание Крыма, 1784 года" [Chamber Description of Crimea, 1784.]. www.vostlit.info (in Russian). 1784.
3. "Сборник документов по истории Крымско-татарского землевладения" [Document Collection on the Land Ownership of Crimean Tatars]. www.library.chersonesos.org (in Russian). 1897.
4. Seydametov, Eldar Khalilovych. "ЭМИГРАЦИЯ КРЫМСКИХ ТАТАР В XIX –НАЧ. XX ВВ" [The Emigration of Crimean Tatars in the 19th and early 20th century]. www.nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua (in Russian).
5. "Список населенных пунктов Крымской АССР" (PDF) (in Russian).
6. "Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 18.05.1948 о переименовании населённых пунктов Крымской области" [Decree of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Council of the Russian SFSR from 18 May 1948 on the Renaming of Settlements in the Crimean Oblast]. www.ru.wikisource.org (in Russian).
7. "Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів Автономної Республіки Крим та міста Севастополя" [Decree on Renaming Certain Settlements and Districts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol]. www.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 7 September 2023.
8. "Список населенных пунктов Крымской АССР" (PDF) (in Russian).