Bilokurakyne ( uk, Білокуракине, russian: Белокуракино) is a
rural settlement in
Svatove Raion in the
Luhansk Oblast of
Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former
Bilokurakyne Raion. It is located on the Bila River, a right tributary of the
Aidar, in the basin of the
Don. Population:
Economy
Transportation
Bilokurakyne is connected by road with
Starobilsk where it has further access to
Highway H26 ro
Svatove
Svatove () or Svatovo () is a city on the Krasna river in Eastern Ukraine currently occupied by Russia as part of Luhansk People's Republic.
It serves as the administrative headquarters of Svatove Raion. Its population is .
History
After the ...
and
Bilovodsk
Bilovodsk ( uk, Біловодськ) is an urban-type settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine on the banks of the Derkul
The Derkul is a left tributary of the Donets located in the Luhansk Oblast of northeast ...
, as well as to
Highway H21 to
Luhansk. However, the section between
Shchastia and
Luhansk is controlled by the
Luhansk People's Republic, and free movement from Shchastia to Luhansk is impossible.
There is a railway line in Bilokurakyne, which is currently disconnected from the rest of the railway network in Ukraine. To the south, it extends to Starobilsk and
Kondrashivska Nova, in
Stanytsia Luhanska
Stanytsia Luhanska ( uk, Станиця Луганська, lit=The village of Luhansk, translit=Stanytsya Luhansʹka; russian: link=yes, Станица Луганская, translit=Stanitsa Luganskaya) is an urban-type settlement on the banks o ...
, and to the north it crosses the border to Russia, and further runs to
Valuyki Valuyki (russian: Валуйки) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Urban localities
*Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, a town in Belgorod Oblast
Rural localities
* Valuyki, Moscow Oblast, a village in Teryayevskoye Rural Settlement ...
.
Bilokurakyne railway station has infrequent passenger traffic between Kondrashivska Nova and
Lantrativka.
Demographics
As of the
2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. , the town had a population of 7,969 inhabitants. The native language composition was as follows:
[https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/]
Notable people
*
Vitalii Kurylo
Vitalii Semenovych Kurylo ( uk, Віта́лій Семе́нович Кури́ло; born 2 February 1957) is a Ukrainian scientist and politician who formerly served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2006 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2019. ...
(born 1957), Ukrainian politician
References
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Rural settlements in Svatove Raion
Starobelsky Uyezd