Velykyi Burluk ( Ukrainian : Великий Бурлук , lit. 'Great Swamp') is a rural settlement in Ukraine , in Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast . It hosts the administration of Velykyi Burluk settlement hromada , one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 3,614 (2022 estimate) The settlement was controlled by the Russian military from February 24, 2022, to September 10, 2022.
6-527: 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. 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. In January 2013
12-665: A rural settlement. Uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd ; Russian: уе́зд ( pre-1918 : уѣздъ) , IPA: [ʊˈjest] ), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( Ukrainian : повіт ) was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow , the Tsardom of Russia , the Russian Empire , the Russian SFSR , and the early Soviet Union , which was in use from the 13th century. For most of Russian history, uezds were
18-464: A second-level administrative division . By sense, but not by etymology, uezd approximately corresponds to the English " county ". Originally describing groups of several volosts , they formed around the most important cities. Uezds were ruled by the appointees ( namestniki ) of a knyaz and, starting from the 17th century, by voyevodas . In 1708, an administrative reform was carried out by Peter
24-528: The Great , dividing Russia into governorates . The subdivision into uyezds was abolished at that time but was reinstated in 1727, as a result of Catherine I 's administrative reform . By the USSR administrative reform of 1923–1929, most of the uezds were transformed into raions (districts). In UkSSR , uezds were reformed into forty okruhas which were the primary-level of administrative division from 1925 to 1930. In
30-447: The population was 4,053 people. 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 . During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the town
36-502: 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. On 11 September 2022, the town was retaken by Ukrainian forces. Until 26 January 2024, Velykyi Burluk was designated urban-type settlement . On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Velykyi Burluk became
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