Gora-Podol (russian: Гора-Подол) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a selo) and the administrative center of Gora-Podolskoye Rural Settlement,

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 ...

Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: History At the turn of the 17th cent ...

, Russia. The population was 1,862 as of 2010. There are 28 streets.

History

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In May 2023, during the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, the governor of

, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that Ukrainian "sabotage groups" entered

. Ukrainian media reported that the cross-border excursion was performed by the rebel opposition groups, the

Russian Volunteer Corps The Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK ; russian: Русский добровольческий корпус, Russkiy dobrovol'cheskiy korpus) is a unit of the Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine), Territorial Defense of Ukraine formed in August 2022 fr ...

and the

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. The Freedom of Russia Legion claimed it captured the villages of Kozinka and Gora-Podol.

Geography

Gora-Podol is located southwest of

Grayvoron Grayvoron (russian: Гра́йворон) is a town and the administrative center of Grayvoronsky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of the Vorskla (a tributary of the Dnieper) and Grayvoronka Rivers. Population: It was ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road.

is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Горы-Подола до Грайворона
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References

Rural localities in Grayvoronsky District Grayvoronsky Uyezd {{BelgorodOblast-geo-stub