Grayvoron
Sign in to saveGrayvoron (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Grayvoronsky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. It is on the Vorskla river (a tributary of the Dnieper) and the Grayvoronka river. It was known as Grayvorony until 1838.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Grayvoron
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Грайворон
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Центр,Ленина.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Lenina Street in central Grayvoron
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Belgorod Oblast#Russia
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag_of_Grayvoronsky_rayon_(Belgorod_oblast).svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Grayvoron (Belgorod oblast).svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Belgorod Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Grayvoronsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Grayvoronsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Grayvoronsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Grayvoron Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Grayvoronsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Grayvoron Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 6234
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- August 5, 1678
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1838
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6179
- Area
- 10
- Elevation
- 130
- Official website
- www.graivoron.ru/sitemap
- Image
- Центр,Ленина.jpg
- Dialing code
- 47261
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- Commons category
- Grayvoron
- inception
- 1678-01-01
- postal code
- 309372
- native label
- Грайворон
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Grayvoron (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Grayvoronsky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. It is on the Vorskla river (a tributary of the Dnieper) and the Grayvoronka river. It was known as Grayvorony until 1838.
==History== The sloboda of Grayvorony () was founded on August 5, 1678. The name can be literally translated as "the scream of the crow". It was granted town status and given its present name in 1838. According to a 1897 census, the town had a population of 6,340, of which 55% were Russians, 43.3% were Ukrainians, 1.1% were Jews, 0.2% were Romani and 0.1% were Poles.
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