Rakitnoye, Belgorod Oblast
Rakitnoye
Ракитное | |
|---|---|
 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 / 50.83417°N 35.83583°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast |
| First mentioned | 1652 |
| Town status since | 1975 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,286 |
| • Municipal district | Rakityansky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Rakityansky Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Rakityansky Municipal District, Rakityansky Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 309310 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 47245 |
| OKTMO ID | 14648151051 |
Rakitnoye (Russian: Ракитное) is an 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.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)