Velykyi Burluk

Velykyi Burluk (Ukrainian: Великий Бурлук, Russian: Великий Бурлук) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, the administrative center of Velykyi Burluk Raion in Kharkiv Oblast. Population: 3,717(2020 est.)[1]

Velykyi Burluk

Великий Бурлук
Urban-type settlement
Velykyi Burluk
Coordinates: 50°02′59″N 37°23′18″E
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionVelykyi Burluk Raion
Population
 (2020)
  Total3,717
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

Founded as a village of Shevelivka in 1656, and later was renamed Velykyi Burluk.

It was a village in Volchansk uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since August 1931.[2]

During World War II it was under German occupation from June 1942 to February 1943.

Urban-type settlement since 1963.

In January 1989 the population was 5224 people.[3]

In January 2013 the population was 4053 people.[4]

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