Dvorichna

Not to be confused with Dvorichne.

Dvorichna Дворічна
Rural settlement
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°51′N 37°40′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Kupiansk Raion
Hromada	Dvorichna settlement hromada
Founded	1660
Area
• Total	4.04 km^2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	80
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	62709
Area code	+380 5750

Dvorichna (Ukrainian: Дворічна, pronounced [dwoˈr⁽ʲ⁾it͡ʃnɐ]) is a rural settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on 11 September 2022 during a major counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast.

History

In July 1931, the town began publishing its own local newspaper, which it still continues to do today.^[2]

In 1960, the town became classified as an urban-type settlement.^{[citation needed]} This remained until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dvorichna became a rural settlement.^[3]

Until 18 July 2020, Dvorichna was the administrative center of Dvorichna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Dvorichna Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.^[4][5]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dvorichna was a scene of fighting for over a month before being occupied by Russian forces on 14 April 2022. On 11 September 2022, the settlement returned to Ukrainian control during the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive.^[6] After the recapture, however, the town still remained relatively close to the frontline, and as a result had the population of the town has fall from 3,500 before the war to 80 as of February 2024, and 80% of the buildings in the town become damaged to some degree, including all 35 apartment buildings.^[7]

Population

The population of the town has been counted three times; once in January 1989, where the population was recorded at 4,807 people,^[8] again in January 2013, where the population was recorded at 3,812 people.^[9] and most recently in 2022, when the population was estimated to be around 3,290 (2022 estimate).^[10]

See also

List of nearby settlements

• Hrianykivka
• Dvorichne
• Horobivka
• Tavilzhanka

References

1. "Двуречанская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. № 3149. Колхозное утро // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.412
3. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
4. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
5. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
6. https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/11-september-ukrainian-forces-reached-dvorichna ^{[bare URL]}
7. Yakovleva, Vita (1 February 2024). "Скільки жителів залишилося у розбитій Дворічній". Slobidsky Kray [uk]. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
9. "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.98" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
10. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

External links

• Dvorichna at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine site