Bilocuracyne

Bilocuracyne
Білокуракине
	Bilocuracyne
Basic data
Oblast :	Luhansk Oblast
Rajon :	Bilokurakyne district
Height :	111 m
Area :	134.15 km²
Residents :	6,564 (2018)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	92200
Area code :	+380 6462
Geographic location :	49 ° 32 '  N , 38 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '54 "  N , 38 ° 43' 20"  E
KOATUU :	4420955100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement , 23 villages
Address:	пл. Горького 4 92200 смт. Білокуракине
Website :	http://bk-selrada.at.ua/
Statistical information
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Bilokurakyne ( Ukrainian Білокуракине ; Russian Белокуракино Belokurakino ) is an urban-type settlement in the Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine with a population of around 6,500 (2018). Bilokurakyne is the administrative seat of the Rajon of the same name .

geography

Bilokurakyne lies at an altitude of 111  m on the banks of the Bila (Ukrainian Біла ), a 59 km long right tributary of the Ajdar in Sloboda-Ukraine . The settlement is located in the north of Luhansk Oblast, 130 km northwest of the Luhansk Oblast center and 90 km north of Sjewjerodonetsk .

In 2015 the settlement community Bilokurakyne ( Білокуракинська селищна громада ) was established, which includes the following settlements and villages:

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• Buntschukiwka ( Бунчуківка )
• Chomenkowe Persche ( Хоменкове Перше )
• Demyanivka ( Дем'янівка )
• Hryzajiwka ( Грицаївка )
• Kalyniwske ( Калинівське )
• Klymiwka ( Климівка )
• Konopljaniwka ( Коноплянівка )
• Kurjachivka ( Курячівка )
• Lyashkivka ( Ляшківка )
• Lubyanka ( Луб'янка )
• Lysyne ( Лизине )
• Neschcheretowe ( Нещеретове )
• Oleksandropil ( Олександропіль )
• Oleksiyivka ( Олексіївка )
• Pankiwka ( Паньківка )
• Popivka ( Попівка )
• Prychodkivka ( Приходьківка )
• Romanivka ( Романівка )
• Rudowe ( Рудове )
• Sajikiwka ( Заїківка )
• Shaparivka ( Шапарівка )
• Schowkuniwka ( Шовкунівка )
• Zilyjkowe ( Цілуйкове )

history

Bilokurakyne was founded in 1700 after Tsar Peter I transferred the undeveloped land of the Wild Field to his prince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin. In the winter of 1941-42 the village and the train station were bombed several times by Wehrmacht troops and occupied on July 9, 1942. On January 19, 1943, the Red Army recaptured the town from the occupation. Bilokurakyne has had urban-type settlement status since 1957.

population

Population development

1800	1863	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2014	2018
4,447	4,487	5,447	7.135	8,209	8,434	8,010	6,669	6,564

Source: 1800–1863; from 1959

Web links

• History of Cities and Villages of Ukraine -Bilokurakyne (Russian)
• Bilokurakyne settlement website (Ukrainian)
• Bilokurakyne Raion website (Ukrainian)
• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ ^{a b} Local history of Bilokurakyne in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on May 10, 2019 (Ukrainian)