Prokhorovka ( rus, Про́хоровка, p=ˈproxərəfkə) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Prokhorovsky District of

Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Belgorod. , the population is 1,540,486. History During the Princely ...

, Russia, along the Psyol River southeast of the city of

Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

. Population:

History

The first mention of the populated area in historical documents dates back to the second half of the 17th century. Polish nobleman Kiril G. Ilyinsky and his son Sava left during the Russo-Polish war of 1654–1667 in Poland under the Belgorod, where they founded the suburb Elias. In 1860 Elias

Sloboda A sloboda was a type of settlement in the history of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for 'freedom' and may be loosely translated as 'free settlement'.

was renamed in honor of the reigning Emperor Alexander II in the village of Alexandrov. In the 1880s west of the village passed a line of the Kursk-Kharkov-Azov railway. At the same time Prokhorovka station was built, named after the railway engineer V. I. Prokhorov responsible for its construction. In the summer of 1943, Prokhorovka was the site of the

Battle of Prokhorovka The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on 12 July 1943 near Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast, Prokhorovka, southeast of Kursk, in the Soviet Union, during the Second World War. Taking place on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front, the e ...

, a major armored confrontation during the

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. In July 2013, Vice Prime Minister

Dmitry Rogozin Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin (; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian nationalist politician serving as the senator from the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye Oblast since 23 September 2023. He previously served as General Director of Roscosmos from 2018 ...

offered to establish by 2015 a museum commemorating the battle. The display of armored vehicles will be permanent and the technologies shown there will bring up recollections of the events of World War II.

Transportation

Prokhorovka serves as a railway station on a major railway linking Moscow and the Ukrainian city of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

Gallery

File:Orthodox Monastery, Prokhorovka, Russia.jpg, Orthodox monastery, Prokhorovka File:Black Earth - Prokhorovka - Russia.JPG, Black earth, Prokhorovka File:Eternal Flame War Memorial - Prokhorovka - Russia.JPG, Eternal flame war memorial, Prokhorovka File:Captured German Sword - Museum in Prokhorovka - Russia.JPG, Captured German sword in war museum, Prokhorovka File:Sparrow in Gun Barrel of Tank - Prokhorovka (Battle of Kursk) - Russia (3774259862).jpg, Sparrow in gun barrel of tank, Prokhorovka File:Statue of Grieving Mother - Hotel Complex Projorovskoe Lobby - Prokhorovka - Russia.JPG, Statue of grieving mother, Hotel Complex Projorovskoe lobby File:Monument to Battle of Kursk - Prokhorovka - Russia.JPG, Victory Memorial, Prokhorovka File:Marshal Zhukov Depicted on Kursk Memorial - Prokhorovka - Russia.JPG, Marshal Zhukov depicted on Victory Memorial facade, Prokhorovka

References

{{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Belgorod Oblast Populated places in Prokhorovsky District