Golovchino (russian: Головчино) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') in
Grayvoronsky District
Grayvoronsky District (russian: Грайворо́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 Municipally, it is incorporated as Grayvoronsky Municipal District.Law #15 ...
of
Belgorod Oblast
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History
At the turn of the 17th cent ...
,
Russia
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, located on the banks the
Vorskla River
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of the
Dnieper River
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). Population: The name of the village, Golovchino, is associated with count
Gavrila Ivanovich Golovkin (1660-1734), a prominent member of the government of Peter the Great. In 2023 an administrative building caught on fire; officials blamed a
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.
Geography
Golovchino is located at the confluence of the
Lozovaya River and the
Vorskla River
The Vorskla (; ) is a river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper. It has a length of , and a basin area of .Belgorod
Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics
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Khotmyzhsk Station, a station of South-Eastern railway of Russian Railways, is located within Golovchino. The Belgorod-Okhtyrka highway passes through Goliovchino.
References
Rural localities in Grayvoronsky District
Grayvoronsky Uyezd
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