Liski, Voronezh Oblast
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Liski (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Liskinsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Population: Template:Ru-census2021 Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
Liski was founded as Novaya Pokrovka (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in 1571. The town later merged with the local train station, Liski, in 1928.
It was renamed Svoboda (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in 1943, and later renamed as Liski.
It was renamed Georgiu-Dezh (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in 1965 after the first Romanian communist leader, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, before returning to Liski again in 1990.[3][4][5][6]
On 16 January 2025, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed to have struck an oil depot located in the town with at least 3 drones.[7][8][9] On January 20 the oil depot was struck by drones again,[10] causing an extensive fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Liski serves as the administrative center of Liskinsky District.[11] As an administrative division, it, together with the khutor of Kalach in Liskinsky District, is incorporated into Liskinsky District as the Liski Urban Settlement.[11] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is part of Liskinsky Municipal District.[12]
References
Notes
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- ↑ Post-Soviet Geography, Volumul 34, V.H. Winston & Son, 1993, p. 648
- ↑ The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, Volume 43, Issues 1-16, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1991, p. 31
- ↑ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983, p. 490
- ↑ Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile, Cornell University Press, 2008, p. 82
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