Английская Википедия:Biriukove
Biriukove (Шаблон:Lang-uk; Шаблон:Lang-ru) or Krynychne (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru) is an urban-type settlement in Dovzhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: Шаблон:Ua-pop-est2022, Шаблон:Ua-pop-est2013.
It is situated in 18 km from Sverdlovsk near the river Kundryuchya, a tributary of the Donets. The nearest railway station, Dolzhanskaya, is situated in Шаблон:Convert out of Biryukove. The nearby villages Шаблон:Ill and Шаблон:Ill are subordinated to Biriukove, because it is a center of the village council.[1]
Geography
Biriukove is located on the left bank of the Kundryuchya river, near the source.[2]
History
Burial mounds dating back to the Bronze Age have been uncovered near Biriukove.[1]
Biriukove was founded in 1778 by serfs from the villages Rovenky and Krasnovka, as the village Krynychne.[3][2]
During the Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks established control over Krynychne in December 1917, incorporating it into the Soviet Union. In March 1920, the Communist chairman of the village council, a man named M. Biriukov, was allegedly murdered by "kulaks".[1][4] Krynychne was renamed to Biriukove in his honor in 1921.[1][2]
About a thousand citizens of Biriukove were participants in World War II. About 340 of them died, while 780 were decorated with awards.[1] A monument named "Motherland" was erected in honor of the soldiers who died.[3]
In 1964, Biriukove received urban-type settlement status.[2][1]
Since 2014, Biryukove has been occupied by the unrecognized state the Luhansk People's Republic.[5]Шаблон:Bsn On July 7, 2014, one Ukrainian border guard was wounded after a mortar attack on this town's checkpoint, south of Sverdlovsk, Luhansk Oblast.Шаблон:Cn
In 2016, the settlement was renamed by the Verkhovna Rada back to Krynychne as part of decommunization in Ukraine.[6]
Culture
There is a Church of St. Mitrophan in the town, which denominationally belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).[3]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, there were 4414 people in Biriukove, of whom 60% were Ukrainians, 39% were Russians, and 1% were of other ethnicities.[3]
Gallery
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Commemorative plaque near the stele
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Stele in honor of participants of World War II
References
External links
Шаблон:Luhansk Oblast Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:Luhansk-geo-stub
