Velykyi Burluk
Velykyi Burluk (Ukrainian: Великий Бурлук, lit. 'Great Swamp') is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, in Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Velykyi Burluk rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 3,614 (2022 estimate)[2] The settlement was controlled by the Russian military from February 24, 2022, to September 10, 2022.
Velykyi Burluk
Великий Бурлук | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Velykyi Burluk  Velykyi Burluk | |
| Coordinates: 50°02′59″N 37°23′18″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion |  Kupiansk Raion |
| Founded | 1656 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 3,614 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Velikoburlutsk (Ukrainian: Великобурлуцька) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ZIP Code | 62606 |
| Area code | +380 5752 |
| Website | vlb-gromada |
History
Founded as the village of Shevelivka in 1656, later it was renamed Velykyi Burluk. It was a village in Volchansk uyezd of the Sloboda Ukraine.
A local newspaper has been published here since August 1931.[3]
During World War II, it was under German occupation from June 1942 to February 1943.
It has been an urban-type settlement since 1963. In January 1989 the population was 5,224 people.[4] In January 2013 the population was 4,053 people.[5]
Until 18 July 2020, Velykyi Burluk was the administrative center of Velykyi Burluk 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 Velykyi Burluk Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.[6][7]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was occupied by the Russian military in March 2022. In July 2022, the pro-Russian leader of the area was reportedly killed by a car bomb by Ukrainian partisans.[8]
On 11 September 2022, the town was liberated by Ukrainian forces.
Climate
| Climate data for Velykyi Burluk (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.1 (1.74) |
38.1 (1.50) |
34.9 (1.37) |
36.6 (1.44) |
51.8 (2.04) |
70.3 (2.77) |
59.1 (2.33) |
46.2 (1.82) |
48.1 (1.89) |
46.8 (1.84) |
45.3 (1.78) |
44.5 (1.75) |
565.8 (22.28) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.9 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 93.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86.6 | 84.3 | 79.7 | 67.4 | 62.8 | 69.0 | 69.7 | 66.9 | 72.4 | 79.6 | 86.6 | 87.2 | 76.0 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[9] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Великобурлукская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- 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.
- № 3146. Советский патриот // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.412
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.98
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- "Leader of Russian-occupied Ukrainian town killed by car bomb -TASS". Reuters. 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.