Korocha
Sign in to saveKorocha () is a town and the administrative center of Korochansky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Korocha River (Seversky Donets' tributary), northeast of Belgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Korocha
- Russian town.ru_name
- Короча
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Церковь Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы с интерьером (Белгородская область,город Короча).JPG
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_coa
- ГЕРБ КОРОЧАНСКОГО РАЙОНА.svg
- Russian town.image_flag
- Флаг муниципального района «Корочанский район».svg
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Belgorod Oblast
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Korochansky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- Korochansky District
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Korochansky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Korocha Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of1
- Korochansky Municipal District
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of2
- Korocha Urban Settlement
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 5877
- Russian town.established_date
- 1638
- Russian town.established_title
- Known since
- Russian town.current_cat_date
- 1708
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5623
- Area
- 5
- Elevation
- 150
- Image
- Короча — второй Крым.jpg
- Dialing code
- 47231
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- Commons category
- Korocha
- inception
- 1637-01-01
- postal code
- 309210
- time of earliest written record
- 1637-00-00
- native label
- Короча
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Korocha () is a town and the administrative center of Korochansky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Korocha River (Seversky Donets' tributary), northeast of Belgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== What is now Korocha has been known since 1638 as a small Russian fortress built as a part of the defense line between modern Belgorod, Tambov, and Ulyanovsk against the Crimean Tatars. At the time, it was the south frontier of the Tsardom of Russia. It was first named Krasny gorod na Koroche, which was then shortened to Korocha. It was granted town status in 1708. Until the early 20th century, Korocha remained the main town in the region but then it lost its importance. During World War II, Korocha was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on 1 July 1942.
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