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Borova, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Borova
Борова
Rural settlement
Borova is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Borova
Borova
Location of Borova within Ukraine
Borova is located in Ukraine
Borova
Borova
Borova (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°22′54″N 37°38′27″E / 49.38167°N 37.64083°E / 49.38167; 37.64083
Country Ukraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionIzium Raion
HromadaBorova settlement hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
5,055
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 1
63800
Postal code 2
63807
Websitebor-selrada.gov.ua[dead link‍]
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Borova (Ukrainian: Борова, Russian: Боровая) is a rural settlement in Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Borova settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,055 (2022 estimate).[2]

Borova is located to the southeast of Kharkiv.

Geography

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Borova is situated on the eastern bank of Oskil Reservoir of the Oskil.

Distance from Kharkiv via the railway 193 km, by the road 165 km. The core railway station namely Pereddonbasivska (approx. 1,5 km). Boyni and Pydliman are the nearest villages. The distance from Borova to Pydliman is about 2 km.

History

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Borova was a village in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. A local newspaper has been published here since 1934.[3] During World War II, it was under German occupation from July 1942 to February 1943.[citation needed]

Starting in 1968, it was designated as an urban-type settlement.[citation needed] In January 1989, the population was 7396 people.[4] In January 2013 the population was 5740 people.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Borova was the administrative center of Borova Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Borova Raion was merged into Izium Raion.[6][7]

Russo-Ukrainian War

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Borova house of culture after Russian strikes
See also: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

In March 2022, during the battle of Izium, the settlement was occupied by Russian forces. On 3 October 2022, Russian forces fled allowing Ukrainian authorities to subsequently regain control of the settlement during the Kharkiv counteroffensive.[8][9]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force in Ukraine which abolished the status of urban-type settlement, so Borova became a rural settlement.[10]

Economy

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Transportation

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The central bus station links villages and cities via the P-78 and P-79 roads. Borova is on the P-79 road which connects Krasnohrad via Izium with Kupiansk and further crosses into Russia. There are local roads as well.

Borova railway station is on the railway connecting Izium and Sloviansk with Kupiansk where it has further access to Kharkiv and to Valuyki and Liski in Russia.

Demographics

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As of the Ukrainian census in 2001, Borova had a population of 6,806 inhabitants. The native language composition was as follows:[11]

First languages (2001)
percent
Ukrainian
 
 90.5%
Russian
 
 9.0%
Armenian
 
 0.2%
Belarusian
 
 0.1%
others
 
 0.2%

Education

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References

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  1. ^ "Боровская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ № 3144. Трудовая слава // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.411—412
  4. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.97" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  8. ^ "Five Russian-controlled settlements around Kharkiv reportedly liberated by Ukraine". Euro Weekly News. 3 October 2022.
  9. ^ Ukrainian Armed Forces liberate village of Borova in Kharkiv Oblast
  10. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".