Kharkiv Raion
Kharkiv Raion ( uk, Харківський район) is a raion (district) of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kharkiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, ...
(
district
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) in
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhan ...
of Ukraine, located north-northeast (
NNE
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) from the centre of
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.hromadas of Ukraine.
Strilecha is located at a distance of about from the
Russia–Ukraine border
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.
History
Strilecha was founded in 1695 as a frontier settlement of the expanding
Tsardom of Russia
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.
The village was occupied by the
Russian military
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on 24 February 2022, the first day of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
.Ukrainian troops first arrived in the village on 13 September 2022, after a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region. The 247th Battalion of Ukraine's 127th Territorial Defense Brigade announced that its forces had recaptured Strilecha on 13 September 2022, raising the Ukrainian flag in the village.
Strilecha was once again captured by Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during the
2024 Kharkiv offensive
On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovchansk and Kharkiv. '' The Guardian'' rep ...
.
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
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Ukrainian
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* Som ...
– 67.62%
*Russian – 31.64%
*
Armenian
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* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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– 0.18%
*
Belarusian
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* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...