Korocha () is a

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and the

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of Korochansky District in

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, located on the right bank of the Korocha River (

Seversky Donets The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets (), is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv ...

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), northeast of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

What is now Korocha has been known since 1638 as a small Russian fortress built as a part of the defense line between modern

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, and

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against the

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. At the time, it was the south frontier of the

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. It was first named Krasny gorod na Koroche, which was then shortened to Korocha. It was granted town status in 1708. Until the early 20th century, Korocha remained the main town in the region but then it lost its importance. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Korocha was occupied by the

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on July 1, 1942 and freed on February 7, 1943 by the

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of the

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during the

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Korocha serves as the

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

of Korocha, together with two rural localities in Korochansky District, is incorporated within Korochansky Municipal District as Korocha Urban Settlement.Law #159

Notable people

Mathematician

Aleksei Pogorelov Aleksei Vasilyevich Pogorelov (, ; 3 March 1919 – 17 December 2002), was a Soviet mathematician. Specialist in the field of convex and differential geometry, geometric PDEs and elastic shells theory, the author of novel school textbooks on ...

was born in Korocha.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=July 2012 Cities and towns in Belgorod Oblast Populated places in Korochansky District Korochansky Uyezd