Stroitel (russian: Строи́тель, lit. ''builder'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of Yakovlevsky District in

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 near the

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(an arm of the

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), from

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 The population of Be ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

Stroitel was founded in 1958 due to the then-planned construction of the Yakovlevsky mine. It was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1960 and town status in 2000.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Stroitel serves as the

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

of Stroitel, together with three rural localities in Yakovlevsky District, is incorporated within Yakovlevsky Municipal District as Stroitel Urban Settlement.Law #159

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2013 Cities and towns in Belgorod Oblast Populated places in Yakovlevsky District, Belgorod Oblast