Prokhorovka

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Prokhorovka (disambiguation) .

Urban-type settlement Prokhorovka Прохоровка flag Federal district Central Russia Oblast Belgorod Rajon Prokhorovka First mention 17th century Earlier names Alexandrowka Urban-type settlement since 1968 population 9761 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47242 Post Code 309000 License Plate 31 OKATO 14 246 551 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 2 '  N , 36 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 2 '0 "  N , 36 ° 44' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Belgorod Oblast

Prokhorovka ( Russian Прохоровка ) is a Russian urban-type settlement in Belgorod Oblast , 56 km north of the regional capital Belgorod and around 80 km south of Kursk . The population is 9,761 (as of October 14, 2010).

history

The Polish aristocrat Kirill Grigorjewitsch Ilinski founded the village of Ilinski on his march from Poland to Belgorod during the Russo-Polish War between 1654 and 1656 .

In the 1860s the village was first in honor of Tsar Alexander II. In Alexandrovka renamed. The new Kursk - Kharkov - Azov railway line was built nearby in the 1880s, and the station closest to Alexandrowka was named Prokhorovka in honor of the railway engineer VI Prokhorov . From 1928 Alexandrowka formed the center of the Alexandrowker Rajons. In the course of time, the place Alexandrowka and the settlement around the Prokhorovka train station grew together , but it was not until September 20, 1968 that they were combined under the name Prokhorovka as the center of Prokhorovk Rajons.

In the 20th century, the town's economy was characterized by poultry rearing, dairy, and brick and asphalt businesses. On July 12, 1943, the place became the scene of skirmishes as part of the military operation of the Second World War, which the Germans called Enterprise Citadel . In the course of these fights, which were later transfigured into the "greatest tank battle in history", the village was largely destroyed.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1,474
1959	3,607
1970	6,418
1979	6,859
1989	8.093
2002	10,007
2010	9,761

Note : census data

Web links

Commons : Prokhorovka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of Prokhorovka (Russian)
• Article Прохоровка in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D093739~2a%3D%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0% BA% D0% B0 ~ 2b% 3D% D0% 9F% D1% 80% D0% BE% D1% 85% D0% BE% D1% 80% D0% BE% D0% B2% D0% BA% D0% B0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)