Belgorod
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Belgorod (Roushie: Белгород) is a ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Belgorod Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Seversky Donets River juist 40 kilometer (25 mi) north o the Ukrainian border. Population: 356,402 (2010 Census);[2] 337,030 (2002 Census);[7] 300,408 (1989 Census).[8]
Belgorod Белгород | |
|---|---|
 View o the central pairt o the ceety | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
Location o Belgorod  | |
  Belgorod Location o Belgorod  Belgorod Belgorod (Belgorod Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 50°36′N 36°36′E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast |
| Foondit | 1596[1] |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Ceety Duma |
| • Mayor | Vasily Potryasayev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 153.1 km2 (59.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 356,402 |
| • Rank | 49t in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
| • Subordinatit tae | ceety o oblast significance o Belgorod[3] |
| • Caipital o | Belgorod Oblast, ceety o oblast significance o Belgorod[3] |
Municipal status | |
| • Urban okrug | Belgorod Urban Okrug[4] |
| • Caipital o | Belgorod Urban Okrug[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 308000 |
| Dialin code(s) | +7 4722 |
| Ceety Day | August 5 |
| Twin touns | Wakefield, Kharkiv, Herne, Opole, Luhansk, Niš, Oryol, Sevastopol, Changchun, Yevpatoria, Sumy, Kursk |
| OKTMO ID | 14701000001 |
| Website | www |
The name Belgorod in Roushie literally means "a white ceety", name bein a compoond o "белый" (bely, "white, licht") an "город" (gorod, "toun, ceety"). The ceety wis thus namit efter the region bein rich in limestane. Etymologically, it corresponds tae ither Slavic ceety names o identical meanin: Belgrade, Białogard, Biograd, Bilhorod, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi etc.
The dounset wis first mentioned in 1237, when it wis ravagit bi the hordes o Batu Khan. It is unclear whether this Belgorod wis locatit at the same place whaur the current ceety is. In 1596, it wis re-foondit bi the order o Feodor Ioannovich as ane o numerous forts set up tae defend Soothren borders frae the Crimean Tatars.[1]
Efter the Roushie border wis muivit further sooth, the fortress fell in disrepair an the toun wis assigned tae Kursk Govrenorate. Peter the Great visitit it on the eve o the Battle o Poltava, an a dragoon regiment wis stationed in the toun till 1917.
Ioasaph o Belgorod, an 18t century bishop, became widely veneratit as a miracle wirker an wis glorifeed as a saunt o the Roushie Orthodox Kirk in 1911.
It wis occupeed bi Nazi Germany on 25 October 1941. On 12 Julie 1943, durin the Battle o Kursk, the lairgest tank battle in warld history teuk place near Prokhorovka, an the ceety wis consequently leeberatit on 5 August 1943. The Belgorod Diorama is ane o the Warld War II monuments commemoratin the event.
Belgorod is an admeenistrative, industrial an cultural centre o Belgorod Oblast, established in 1954. The major educational centres o the ceety are Belgorod State University, Technological University, Agricultural Academy, Financial Academy.
Belgorod Drama Theater is namit efter ane o the famous 19t-century actors Mikhail Shchepkin who wis born in this region.
Belgorod is the admeenistrative centre o the oblast. Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it is incorporatit as the ceety o oblast significance o Belgorod—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts.[3] As a municipal diveesion, the ceety o oblast significance o Belgorod is incorporatit as Belgorod Urban Okrug.[4]
Ceety diveesions
For the admeenistrative purposes, Belgorod is dividit intae twa ceety okrugs:
Belgorod's climate is humid continental (Köppen climate classification Dfb) featurin cauld winters, wairm simmers an moderate precipitation.
| Climate data for Belgorod | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Average law °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
2.4 (36.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52 (2.0) |
40 (1.6) |
36 (1.4) |
46 (1.8) |
48 (1.9) |
67 (2.6) |
72 (2.8) |
53 (2.1) |
49 (1.9) |
40 (1.6) |
52 (2.0) |
50 (2.0) |
605 (23.7) |
| Average precipitation days | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 100 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) [9] | |||||||||||||
Syne 1869, thare is an railwey connection atween Belgorod an Moscow.[10] Belgorod is servit bi the Belgorod Internaitional Airport (EGO).
Twin touns an sister ceeties
Belgorod is twinned wi:
Wakefield, Ingland, United Kingdom
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany
Palembang, Sooth Sumatra, Indonesie
Opole, Poland
Vyshhorod, Ukraine- Kharkiv, Ukraine
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