Liski () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the

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of Liskinsky District in

Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the Russian Census (2021), 20 ...

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. Population:

History

Liski was founded as Novaya Pokrovka () in 1571. The town later merged with the local train station, Liski, in 1928. It was renamed Svoboda () in 1943, and later renamed as Liski. It was renamed Georgiu-Dezh () in 1965 after the first

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n communist leader,

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, before returning to Liski again in 1990.''Post-Soviet Geography, Volumul 34'', V.H. Winston & Son, 1993, p. 648''The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, Volume 43, Issues 1-16'', American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1991, p. 31''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.)'', Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983, p. 490Lewis H. Siegelbaum, ''Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile'', Cornell University Press, 2008, p. 82 NASA FIRMS 2025-01-19 Liski

On 16 January 2025, during the

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, the

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claimed to have struck an oil depot located in the town with at least 3 drones. On January 20 the oil depot was struck by drones again, causing an extensive fire detected by

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's FIRMS.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Liski serves as the

of Liskinsky District.Law #87-OZ As an administrative division, it, together with the ''

khutor A khutor ( ; rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir (, ) is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single- homestead settlement.Kalach in Liskinsky District, is incorporated into Liskinsky District as the Liski

Urban Settlement An urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures. *Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape Town in Western Cape *Urban settlement, a ...

. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is part of Liskinsky Municipal District.Law #85-OZ

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Voronezh Oblast 1571 establishments in Russia Populated places established in 1571