Novofedorivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
village in Polohy Raion (district), Zaporizhia Oblast (province), Ukraine
Novofedorivka (Ukrainian: Новофедорівка) is a village in southern Ukraine, administratively located in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It has a population of 447 as of 2001.
History
It was founded in 1880 as the farm Olhopole (Ukrainian: Ольгополе). In 1918, it was renamed to Ivanivka, and then to its current name of Novofedorivka in 1923.
On 12 June 2020, in accordance with a Verkhovna Rada edict, Novofedorivka became part of Polohy urban hromada.
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census the village has 447 residents, 431 (96.42%) of whom are Ukrainians and 15 (3.36%) are Russians.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Novofedorivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast” is village in Polohy Raion (district), Zaporizhia Oblast (province), Ukraine. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Novofedorivka, Zaporizhzhia and Oblast, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “village in Polohy Raion (district), Zaporizhia Oblast (province), Ukraine” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4326146. Authority coordinates are 47.466, 36.041. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 1880, 1918 and 1923.
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This entry incorporates text from “Novofedorivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.