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Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi ( uk, Куп'янськ-Вузловий, russian: Купянск-Узловой) is an urban-type settlement in Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Oskil, in the drainage basin of the Don. Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi belongs to
Kupiansk urban hromada Kupiansk ( uk, Куп'янськ, ) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the Capital (political), administrative center of Kupiansk Raion. It is also an important railroad junction for the oblast. Kupiansk hosts the administrative o ...
, one of the
hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
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History

The settlement was created in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire to serve the eponymous railway station. During World War II it was occupied by Axis troops from July 1942 to February 1943. In 1956 a city club was built here. In January 1989 the population was 13,196. Until 18 July 2020, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi belonged to Kupiansk Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kupiansk Municipality was merged into Kupiansk Raion.


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Transportation

Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi railway station is a major railway junctionКупянск-Узловой // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 14. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973. which has connections with Kharkiv, Sviatohirsk, Sievierodonetsk, and, via Kupiansk to Stary Oskol in Russia. There are passenger trains along these directions. The settlement has access to Highway H26 connecting Kharkiv with Sievierodonetsk, as well as by local roads to Borova and further to Izium.


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