Nikolskoye, Belgorodsky District, Belgorod Oblast

Selo in Belgorod Oblast, Russia

Nikolskoye Никольское
Selo
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Coordinates: 50°26′N 36°34′E / 50.433°N 36.567°E / 50.433; 36.567^[1]
Country	Russia
Region	Belgorod Oblast
District	Belgorodsky District
Time zone	UTC+3:00

Nikolskoye (Russian: Никольское) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Nikolskoye Rural Settlement, Belgorodsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Population: 7,443 (2021 Census);^[2] 2,778 (2010 Census).^[3] There are 139 streets.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In ancient times, the village was named "Khlopovka", serving as a stop for travelers. In 1775, a church was built in the middle of the village in honor of St. Nicholas, and the village began to be called "Nikolskoye".^[4]

By the 1920s, there were 140 households in the village and the villagers mainly consisted of poor and middle-class people.^[5]

In March 2024, Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported a man and a teenager were killed in the village during a Ukrainian air strike.^[6]

In July 2024 three people were reportedly killed in shelling, several more were injured. ^[7]

Geography

Nikolskoye is located 25 km southeast of Maysky (the district's administrative centre) by road. Brodok is the nearest rural locality.^[8]

References

↑ Карта Белгородского района Белгородской области (Map of the Belgorod district of the Belgorod region) mapdata.ru
↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
↑ "История" [History]. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
↑ "Культурно-историческое наследие села" [Cultural and historical heritage of the village]. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
↑ "2 Killed, 4 Injured in Air Strike on Russia's Belgorod". The Moscow Times. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
↑ Papachristou, Lucy (8 July 2024). Lawson, Hugh; Heritage, Timothy (eds.). "Three dead after Ukrainian shelling in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says". Reuters. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
↑ Расстояние от Никольского до Майского 25 км

v t e Rural localities in Belgorodsky District
	Belomestnoye Belovskoye Blizhnyaya Igumenka Dolbino Dubovoye Golovino Karnaukhovka Khokhlovo Komsomolsky Krasny Khutor Krasny Oktyabr Malinovka Maysky Myasoyedovo Nekhoteyevka Nikolskoye Nizhny Olshanets Novosadovy Petrovka Pushkarnoye Repnoye Shchetinovka Solokhi Solomino Streletskoye Tavrovo Tolokonnoye Ugrim Vesyolaya Lopan Yasnye Zori Yerik Zelyonaya Polyana Zhuravlyovka

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