Velyka Novosilka

Velyka Novosilka (Велика Новосілка; Великая Новосёлка) is an urban-type settlement in Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located on the eastern, right bank of the Mokri Yaly River. It was the administrative centre of Velyka Novosilka Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020. Population:

It was known as Bolshoy Yanisol (Большой Янисо́ль; Urum: Салгир Йаны Сала, Salgir Yani Sala) before 1946. It was founded by Mariupol Greek and Urum colonists from Crimea.

Notable people

 * Mykola Shaparenko (born 1998), Ukrainian footballer
 * Taras Stepanenko (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
 * Vladimir Takhtamyshev (1890s–1935), Ukrainian Greek participant in the Russian Civil War