Golovchino () is a

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(a '' selo'') in

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, located on the banks the

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(the left

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of the

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). Population: The name of the village, Golovchino, is associated with count Gavrila Ivanovich Golovkin (1660-1734), a prominent member of the government of Peter the Great. In 2023 an administrative building caught on fire; officials blamed a

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Geography

Golovchino is located at the confluence of the Lozovaya River and the

, making it 11 kilometers Northeast of Grayvoron, the administrative center of the Grayvoronsky District, and 55 kilometers west of

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. Khotmyzhsk Station, a station of South-Eastern railway of Russian Railways, is located within Golovchino. The Belgorod-Okhtyrka highway passes through Goliovchino.

References

Rural localities in Grayvoronsky District Grayvoronsky Uyezd {{BelgorodOblast-geo-stub