Grayvoron (russian: Гра́йворон) is a

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and the

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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 ...

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, located on the shores of the

Vorskla 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 .tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Dnieper } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

) and Grayvoronka Rivers. Population: It was previously known as ''Grayvorony'' (until 1838).

History

The ''

sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...

'' of Grayvorony () was founded on August 5, 1678. It was granted town status and given its present name in 1838.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Grayvoron serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Resolution #P/21-21-4 As a municipal division, the

of Grayvoron, together with the '' selo'' of Lugovka in Grayvoronsky District, is incorporated within Grayvoronsky Municipal District as Grayvoron Urban Settlement.Law #159

Notable people

Grayvoron is the birthplace of the Russian engineer and inventor

Vladimir Shukhov Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Шу́хов; – 2 February 1939) was a Russian Empire and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new ...

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External links

Official website of Grayvoron

Grayvoron Business Directory
* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Belgorod Oblast Grayvoronsky Uyezd Populated places established in 1678 Vladimir Shukhov 1678 establishments in Russia