Topoli ( uk, Тополі, russian: Тополи, both names meaning ) is a rural-type settlement in
Kupiansk Raion,
Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Geography
Topoli is on the western, right bank of the Oskil River, adjacent to the
border with Russia and at the northern end of
Dvorichanskyi National Nature Park
Dvorichna National Park ( uk, Дворічанський національний природний парк) is a national park in Ukraine, on the right bank of the Oskil (river), Oskil River, in Eastern Ukraine. It was created in 2009, as a res ...
. On the other side of the Oskil, to the south, there is a much larger village that is also called
Topoli
Topoli may refer to:
Settlements Bulgaria
* Topoli, Bulgaria, a town in Varna Province
* , a village in Pazardzhik Province
Kazakhstan
* , known as Topoli until 2006
Russia
* , a khutor in Belgorod Oblast
* , a khutor in Krasnodar Krai
...
.
History
On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 725-p "On the definition of administrative centers and approval of territories of territorial communities of Kharkiv oblast", it became part of
Dvorichna settlement hromada
Dvorichna ( uk, Дворічна, ) is an urban-type settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History ...
. On July 19, 2020, as a result of further administrative-territorial reforms that abolished
Dvorichna Raion
Dvorichna Raion () was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Dvorichna. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced th ...
, the village became part of
Kupiansk Raion of
Kharkiv Oblast.
The village was
occupied by Russian troops on February 24, 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. They withdrew from the village and the rest of the western side of the Oskil River on about 11 September 2022 during Ukraine's
Kharkiv counteroffensive.
Due to heavy
mining, Topoli and the neighbouring village of
Stroivka remained empty until September 2023, when Ukrainian forces cleared a path through the mines and re-entered the villages.
References
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Populated places established in 1725
Villages in Kupiansk Raion