47°57′N 39°44′E / 47.950°N 39.733°E
Biriukove
Бірюкове | |
|---|---|
 Church of St. Mitrophan in Biriukove | |
  Biriukove  Biriukove | |
| Coordinates: 47°57′10″N 39°44′18″E / 47.9528°N 39.7383°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Dovzhansk Raion |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2022) | 3,951 |
Biriukove (Ukrainian: Бірюкове; Russian: Бирюково, romanized: Biryukovo) or Krynychne (Ukrainian: Криничне, Russian: Криничное, romanized: Krinichnoye) is an urban-type settlement in Dovzhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 3,951 (2022 estimate)[1], 4,027 (2013 est.)[2].
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 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) out of Biryukove. The nearby villages Bratske and Dovzhanske are subordinated to Biriukove, because it is a center of the village council.[3]
Geography
Biriukove is located on the left bank of the Kundryuchya river, near the source.[4]
History
Burial mounds dating back to the Bronze Age have been uncovered near Biriukove.[3]
Biriukove was founded in 1778 by serfs from the villages Rovenky and Krasnovka, as the village Krynychne.[5][4]
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".[3][6] Krynychne was renamed to Biriukove in his honor in 1921.[3][4]
About a thousand citizens of Biriukove were participants in World War II. About 340 of them died, while 780 were decorated with awards.[3] A monument named "Motherland" was erected in honor of the soldiers who died.[5]
In 1964, Biriukove received urban-type settlement status.[4][3]
Since 2014, Biryukove has been occupied by the unrecognized state the Luhansk People's Republic.[7] On July 7, 2014, one Ukrainian border guard was wounded after a mortar attack on this town's checkpoint, south of Sverdlovsk, Luhansk Oblast.
In 2016, the settlement was renamed by the Verkhovna Rada back to Krynychne as part of decommunization in Ukraine.[8]
Culture
There is a Church of St. Mitrophan in the town, which denominationally belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).[5]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,414[5] | — |
| 2013 | 4,027[2] | −8.8% |
| 2022 | 3,951[1] | −1.9% |
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.[5]
Gallery
Commemorative plaque near the stele
Stele in honor of participants of World War II
References
- 1 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.
- 1 2 Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The History of cities and villages, 2009—2010. Volume Luhansk Oblast, p. 592". Archived from the original on October 13, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - 1 2 3 4 Cohen, Saul Bernard (2008). "Biryukove". The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Лисенко, А. В. (2004-02-01). "Бірюкове". ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДІЯ СУЧАСНОЇ УКРАЇНИ (in Ukrainian). Vol. 3. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ↑ "Бірюкове, Свердловський район, Луганська область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
- ↑ "Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике" (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No 1351-VIII: On renaming of some localities and districts in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions".