Korotoyak () is a

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(a '' selo'') in Ostrogozhsky District of

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,Law #87-OZ located on the right bank of the

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. Population: 1,904 (2010). It was established in 1642 as one of the forts in the Belgorod Defensive Line. The name is derived from the Korotoyachka River which enters the Don nearby. Korotoyak was incorporated as a town in 1779. Some of the first Russian warships were built in Korotoyak ca. 1700.

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is known to have inspected the local shipbuilding yard in person. Korotoyak served as the

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of an

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until 1923 and the administrative center of a district in 1923–1961.

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* Rural localities in Ostrogozhsky District Korotoyaksky Uyezd Defunct towns in Russia Populated places established in 1642 1642 establishments in Russia {{Ostrogozhsky-geo-stub