Strilecha
Village in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strilecha (Ukrainian: Стрілеча; Russian: Стрелечья) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine, located 36.44 kilometres (22.64 mi) north-northeast (NNE) from the centre of Kharkiv. The settlement belongs to Lyptsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Strilecha
Стрілеча | |
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 Strilecha Location of Strilecha within Ukraine  Strilecha Strilecha (Kharkiv Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 50.302778°N 36.401389°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Kharkiv Raion |
| Hromada | Lyptsi rural hromada |
| Founded | 1695 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,097 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 62411 |
| Area code | +380 57 |
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Strilecha is located at a distance of about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Russia–Ukraine border.[2][3]
History
Strilecha was founded in 1695 as a frontier settlement of the expanding Tsardom of Russia.
The village was occupied by the Russian military on 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] Ukrainian troops first arrived in the village on 13 September 2022, after a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.[4] 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.[5][6]
Strilecha was once again captured by Russian forces on 10 May 2024 during the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.[7][8][9]
Demographics
In 2001 the settlement had 2097 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]
- Ukrainian – 67.62%
- Russian – 31.64%
- Armenian – 0.18%
- Belarusian – 0.06%
References
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