Bohodukhiv railway station ( uk, залізнична станція Богодухів) is a railway station in
Bohodukhiv
left
Bohodukhiv ( uk, Богодухів, russian: Богодухов - ''Bogodukhov'') is a city in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Bohodukhiv Raion (district). Bohodukhiv hosts the administratio ...
,
Ukraine
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.
History
The railway station was built in 1878 in Bogodukhov, which was the administrative centre of
Bogodukhov uyezd
Bogodukhovsky Uyezd (russian: Богодуховский уезд) was an uyezd (district) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
History
This uyezd was created on April 25, 1780, by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The a ...
in
Kharkov Governorate
The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From ...
of the
Russian Empire
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.
During
World War II
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, in 1941 - 1943 the station was damaged as a result of
Luftwaffe
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bombing, fighting, and
German
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occupation. Later the station was completely restored and resumed its work.
[Богодухов // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.147]
After declaration of independence of Ukraine, the ''Bogodukhov railway station'' was renamed into ''Bohodukhiv railway station''.
References
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Sources
* Архангельский А. С., Архангельский В. А. Железнодорожные станции СССР: Справочник. В 2-х кн. — М. : Транспорт, 1981.
Railway stations in Kharkiv Oblast
Southern Railways (Ukraine) stations