Rakitnoye, Belgorod Oblast

Rakitnoye (Russian: Ракитное) is an urban-type settlement in Belgorod Oblast, Russia and the administrative center of Rakityansky District and Rakitnoye urban settlement.

Rakitnoye

Ракитное
Town
Yusupov Manor House, Rakitnoye
Coat of arms
Location of Rakitnoye
Rakitnoye
Location of Rakitnoye
Rakitnoye
Rakitnoye (Belgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 50°50′03″N 35°50′09″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBelgorod Oblast
First mentioned1652
Town status since1975
Population
 • Total10,286
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
10,439 (+1.5%)
 • Municipal districtRakityansky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementRakityansky Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofRakityansky Municipal District, Rakityansky Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [3])
Postal code(s)[4]
309310
Dialing code(s)+7 47245
OKTMO ID14648151051

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 Kochubey's family, 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
  1. 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.
  2. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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