Biryukove

Biryukove

Бірюкове

Biryukove

Basic data

Oblast :

Luhansk Oblast

Rajon :

Sverdlovsk Raion

Height :

186 m

Area :

Information is missing

Residents :

4,097 (01/01/2011)

Postcodes :

94863

Area code :

+380 6434

Geographic location :

47 ° 57 ' N , 39 ° 45' E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '14 " N , 39 ° 44' 41" E

KOATUU :

4424255300

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement , 2 settlements

Mayor :

Viktor Shovtolyuk

Address:

вул. Леніна 81
94863 смт. Бірюкове

Statistical information

Biryukove

Birjukowe (Ukrainian Бірюкове - Ukrainian officially since May 12, 2016 Krynytschne / Криничне ; Russian Бирюково / Birjukowo ) is an urban-type settlement in eastern Ukraine with around 4,000 inhabitants.

geography

The place in Luhansk Oblast is located on the Kundryuchya River , about 15 kilometers south of the district capital Sverdlovsk and 73 kilometers southeast of the Oblast capital Luhansk . The border with Russia runs about five kilometers east of the town.

Birjukowe forms administratively together with the settlements Dowschanske (Довжанське) and Bratske (Братське) a joint settlement council.

history

The place was founded in 1778 as Krinichnoye (Криничное) by former serfs from Rowenky and Krasnovka, and in 1967 it was finally named an urban-type settlement. In 1920 the place got its current name, the revolutionary Birjukow is considered to be the eponym .

Since the summer of 2014, the town has been occupied by separatists from the Lugansk People's Republic during the war in Ukraine .

Web links

Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 05.12.2016 № 1351-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів на тимчасово окупованих територіях Донецької та Луганської областей

[1] Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 05.12.2016 № 1351-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів на тимчасово окупованих територіях Донецької та Луганської областей