Ruska Lozova () is a village (selo) in Ukraine, in
Kharkiv district of
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
. It belongs to
Derhachi urban hromada, one of the
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s of Ukraine.
, Ruska Lozova had a population of 5,016 people. The local government is the .
Geography
The village is located near the source of the river . The village is surrounded by a large forest.
History
Ruska Lozova was founded in 1647. The village suffered as a result of
the Holodomor from 1932 to 1933, during which 20 people in the village died.
Until 18 July 2020, Ruska Lozova belonged to
Derhachi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion.
The suburb was used in early 2022, during the
Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
The Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast, officially the Kharkov Military–Civilian Administration, is an ongoing military occupation that began on 24 February 2022, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying part ...
, as a launch point by the Russian army firing at the city's civilian infrastructure. Ukrainian forces re-took the village from Russian troops on 29 April of that year.
Notable people
*
Ruslan Fomin
Ruslan Fomin (; born 2 March 1986) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a forward.
Career
He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007. Fomin was also a member of the Ukraine national under-21 football team, as well as a former member ...
, Ukrainian footballer
Gallery
File:River Lozovenka, Ruska Lozova(01).JPG, Lozovenka river
File:Ruska Lozova Village Council(02).JPG, Village council
File:Ruska Lozova Post Office(01).JPG, Post office
File:Monument to the Liberators, Ruska Lozova(04).JPG, Monument to the liberators of the village during World War II
File:Monument to Liquidators of Chernobyl, Ruska Lozova(02).JPG, Monument to the responders during the Chernobyl disaster
File:Grazing Horses, Ruska Lozova(01).JPG, Horse pasture
References
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Villages in Kharkiv Raion
Populated places established in 1647
Kharkovsky Uezd