Rakitnoye, Belgorod Oblast

Rakitnoye (English) Ракитное (Russian)
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Location of Belgorod Oblast in Russia
Rakitnoye Location of Rakitnoye in Belgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 50°50′03″N 35°50′09″E / 50.83417°N 35.83583°E / 50.83417; 35.83583Coordinates: 50°50′03″N 35°50′09″E / 50.83417°N 35.83583°E / 50.83417; 35.83583
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Belgorod Oblast
Municipal status
Municipal district	Rakityansky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Rakityansky Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Rakityansky Municipal District, Rakityansky Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	10,286 inhabitants^[1]
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)^[2]
First mentioned	1652
Town status since	1975
Postal code(s)^[3]	309310
Dialing code(s)	+7 47245
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Rakitnoye (Russian: Ракитное) is a urban-type settlement in Belgorod Oblast, Russia and the administrative center of Rakityansky District and Rakitnoye urban settlement.

Located on the banks of the Dnieper River, Rakitnoye Basin. Final railway station Zinaidino on a branch of Gotnya Railway Station. Passenger movement there. Population - 10.4 thousand people (2010).

History

With the foundation settlement Rakitnoe (1652), called on the name of the same river, the surrounding land belonged to Ukrainian Hetman Kochubey, and, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov who was associate of Peter I. In 1728 the settlement was transferred to Prince Yusupov GD and until 1917 was the name of the Prince Yusupov control center in Kursk, Voronezh, Kharkov and Poltava provinces.

Status of urban-type settlements since 1975.

Landmarks

From Yusupovs manor remained the main house which built in 1846 for Prince Boris Yusupov, and several auxiliary buildings, which now housed the School of Arts, History Museum. Another landmark, St. Nicholas Church in the town, was built in 1832.

References

↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)

Administrative divisions of Belgorod Oblast

Administrative center: Belgorod

Cities and towns	Alexeyevka Belgorod Biryuch Grayvoron Gubkin Korocha Novy Oskol Shebekino Stary Oskol Stroitel Valuyki

Administrative districts	Alexeyevsky Belgorodsky Borisovsky Chernyansky Grayvoronsky Gubkinsky Ivnyansky Korochansky Krasnensky Krasnogvardeysky Krasnoyaruzhsky Novooskolsky Prokhorovsky Rakityansky Rovensky Shebekinsky Starooskolsky Valuysky Veydelevsky Volokonovsky Yakovlevsky

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