Korotoyak
Russia /
Voronezh /
Ostrogozhsk /
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/ Voronezh
/ Ostrogozhsk
, 14 km from center (Острогожск)
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Rural locality (a selo) in Ostrogozhsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia,[1] located on the right bank of the Don River. Population: 1,904 (2010).
It was established in 1642 as one of the forts in the Belgorod Defensive Line. The name is derived from the Korotoyachka River which enters the Don nearby. Korotoyak was incorporated as a town in 1779. Some of the first Russian warships were built in Korotoyak ca. 1700. Peter the Great is known to have inspected the local shipbuilding yard in person. Korotoyak served as the administrative center of an uyezd until 1923 and the administrative center of a district in 1923–1961.
It was established in 1642 as one of the forts in the Belgorod Defensive Line. The name is derived from the Korotoyachka River which enters the Don nearby. Korotoyak was incorporated as a town in 1779. Some of the first Russian warships were built in Korotoyak ca. 1700. Peter the Great is known to have inspected the local shipbuilding yard in person. Korotoyak served as the administrative center of an uyezd until 1923 and the administrative center of a district in 1923–1961.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korotoyak,_Voronezh_Oblast
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°59'25"N 39°10'10"E
- Borshchyovo 42 km
- Kostyonki 50 km
- Semidesyatnoye 54 km
- Staronikolskoye 64 km
- Nizhneye Turovo 77 km
- Khokhol 78 km
- Glazovo 79 km
- Gorodische 82 km
- Verkhneye Turovo 85 km
- Vyaznovatovka 86 km
- The First Tower Company JSC’s cellular communication tower 1 km
- Хлебозавод 1.3 km
- Pokrovskaya shkola 1.5 km
- Post 1.6 km
- T-34-85 2 km
- Mostishche labyrinth 6.1 km
- Ostrogozhsky District 12 km
- Liskinsky District 27 km