Semiluki (russian: Семилуки) is a

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and the

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Semiluksky District Semiluksky District (russian: Семилу́кский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #88-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area ...

Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census. Geography V ...

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, located on the

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. Population

History

It was founded in 1894 near the Semiluki railway station, which was named after the nearby village. In 1929, the main enterprise of the settlement, a factory of fireproof materials (now JSC "Semiluksky refractory plant"), was built. In 1931, Semiluki became the

. In July 1942, it was occupied by

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. It was liberated on January 25, 1943. A factory of fireproof materials was almost completely destroyed by the

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. Town status was granted to Semiluki in 1954.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Semiluki serves as the

.Law #87-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Semiluksky District as Semiluki

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. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Semiluksky Municipal District.Law #88-OZ

Informal divisions

As most other towns in Russia, Semiluki is divided into

microdistrict Microdistrict, or microraion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist st ...

s for town planning purposes. The microdistricts bear proper names; however, an informal and traditional system of dividing the town into residential areas also exists. Many such areas also have informal names, and some of those names are used in official documents together with, or instead of, the official names. Severny 1 Microdistrict, for example, is commonly known as ''Pole chudes'' (lit. ''the field of wonders'').See, for example, th
2012–2015 Semiluki Infrastructure Development Program
or a
article in the local ''Semiluksky Vestnik'' newspaper
(№40 (151) 4 - 11.10.2013

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External links

Residential areas of Semiluki and their informal names
{{Use mdy dates, date=August 2011 Cities and towns in Voronezh Oblast