Valuyki
Encyclopedia
Valuyki is a town in Belgorod Oblast
, Russia
, situated at the confluence
of the Valuy and Oskol River
s, some 150 kilometres (93.2 mi) east of Belgorod
. Population: 35,322 (2010 Census preliminary results); 35,790 (2002 Census
); 34,863 (1989 Census
); 27,000 (1969).
Valuyki was founded in 1593 as a fortress for protection against the Crimean Tatar
and Nagai Tatar raids along the Muravsky Trail
.
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: 1,532,670 .-History:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, situated at the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of the Valuy and Oskol River
Oskol River
Oskol is a river in Russia and Ukraine. It is a left tributary of the Seversky Donets. It is 436 km long, with a drainage basin of 14,680 km²....
s, some 150 kilometres (93.2 mi) east of Belgorod
Belgorod
-Twin towns/sister cities:Belgorod is twinned with: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Opole, Poland Vyshhorod, Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine-External links:...
. Population: 35,322 (2010 Census preliminary results); 35,790 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); 34,863 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)
The 1989 Soviet census, conducted between January 12-19 of that year, was the last one conducted in the former USSR. It resulted in a total population of 286,730,819 inhabitants...
); 27,000 (1969).
Valuyki was founded in 1593 as a fortress for protection against the Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
and Nagai Tatar raids along the Muravsky Trail
Muravsky Trail
Muravsky Trail or Murava Route was an important trade route and according to the Russian historiography a favourite invasion route of the Crimean Tatars during the Russo-Crimean Wars of the 16th and early 17th centuries. It was also used somewhat for peaceful trade...
.