Grayvoron
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Grayvoron (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town and the administrative center of Grayvoronsky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. It is on the Vorskla river (a tributary of the Dnieper) and the Grayvoronka river. It was known as Grayvorony until 1838.[1]
History
The sloboda of Grayvorony (Script error: No such module "Lang".) was founded on August 5, 1678.[1] The name can be literally translated as "the scream of the crow".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was granted town status and given its present name in 1838.[1] According to a 1897 census, the town had a population of 6,340, of which 55% were Russians, 43.3% were Ukrainians, 1.1% were Jews, 0.2% were Romani and 0.1% were Poles.[2]
Russo-Ukrainian War
The area has been the site of several cross border incursions by pro-Ukrainian forces since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 22 May 2023, the Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps launched an incursion into parts of Belgorod Oblast, including Grayvoron.[3] On 23 May, Russia said it had routed the militants, pushing the remainder back into Ukraine.[4]
The settlement was once again the scene of fighting in March 2024, amid another incursion.[5]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Grayvoron serves as the administrative center of Grayvoronsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[6] As a municipal division, the town of Grayvoron, together with the selo of Template:Ill in Grayvoronsky District, is incorporated within Grayvoronsky Municipal District as Grayvoron Urban Settlement.[7]
Demographics
Population: Template:Ru-census2021 Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[8] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Notable people
- Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939), engineer
- Anatoliy Boldyrev (1883–1946), scientist
References
Notes
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Sources
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Belgorod Oblast Duma. Resolution #P/21-21-4 of November 8, 2007 On the Registries of the Inhabited Localities of Belgorod Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #P/47-25-5 of May 28, 2015 On Amending Resolution #P/21-21-4 of Belgorod Oblast Duma of November 8, 2007 "On the Registries of the Inhabited Localities of Belgorod Oblast". ).
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Belgorod Oblast Duma. Law #159 of December 20, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them a Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District, as amended by the Law #244 of December 4, 2013 On Amending Article 12 of the Law of Belgorod Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them a Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).
External links
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