Nikolskoye, Belgorodsky District, Belgorod Oblast

Selo in Belgorod Oblast, Russia

Nikolskoye Никольское
Selo
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 Russian census).^[3] There are 139 streets.

History

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]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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.
^ Times, The Moscow (18 March 2024). "2 Killed, 4 Injured in Air Strike on Russia's Belgorod". The Moscow Times. 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