Ruska Lozova
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|native_name = Руська Лозова
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|subdivision_name1= Kharkiv Oblast
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|subdivision_name2= Kharkiv Raion
|subdivision_type3= Local Council
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{{Short description|Village in Amalgamated Hromada Derhachi, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}}
Ruska Lozova ({{langx|uk|Руська Лозова}}) is a village (selo) in Ukraine, in Kharkiv district of Kharkiv Oblast. It belongs to Derhachi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Дергачевская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/dergachivska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}} {{As of|2001}}, Ruska Lozova had a population of 5,016 people.{{cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_en.asp |title=19A0501_07_063. Number of actual population in rural areas, Kharkivska oblast (1,2,3,4) |author= |date=n.d. |website=Data bank |publisher=State Statistics Service of Ukraine |access-date=30 April 2022}} The local government is the {{Interlanguage link|Rusko-Lozivska village council|lt=Rusko-Lozivska village council|uk|Русько-Лозівська сільська рада}}.
Geography
The village is located near the source of the river {{Interlanguage link|Lozovenka|lt=Lozovenka River|uk|Лозовенька}}. The village is surrounded by a large forest.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
History
Ruska Lozova was founded in 1647.{{Cn|date=June 2022}} The village suffered as a result of the Holodomor from 1932 to 1933, during which 20 people in the village died.{{Cite web |title=Мартиролог. Харківська область, ст. 714 |url=http://www.memory.gov.ua:8080/data/upload/publication/main/ua/1090/41.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223233012/http://www.memory.gov.ua:8080/data/upload/publication/main/ua/1090/41.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2014 |access-date=28 November 2015 |language=uk}}
Until 18 July 2020, Ruska Lozova belonged to Derhachi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Derhachi Raion was merged into Kharkiv Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}
The suburb was used in early 2022, during the Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast, as a launch point by the Russian army firing at the city's civilian infrastructure. Ukrainian forces re-took the village from Russian troops on 29 April of that year.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=На Харківщині ЗСУ звільнили стратегічно важливий населений пункт |url=https://www.unian.ua/war/zsu-zvilnili-vid-rosiyskih-okupantiv-selo-ruska-lozova-harkivskoji-oblasti-novini-harkova-11805882.html |publisher=УНІАН}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=Від окупантів звільнено село Руська Лозова, з якого обстрілювали Харків (оновлено) |url=https://lb.ua/society/2022/04/29/515156_vid_okupantiv_zvilneno_selo_ruska.html |publisher=LB.ua}}{{cite web |title=Ukraine war: Russia pushed back from Kharkiv - report from front line |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61378196 |website=BBC News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220516230449/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61378196 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |date=11 May 2022 |url-status=live}}
Notable people
Gallery
File:River Lozovenka, Ruska Lozova(01).JPG|Lozovenka river
File:Ruska Lozova Village Council(02).JPG|Village council
File:Ruska Lozova Post Office(01).JPG|Post office
File:Monument to the Liberators, Ruska Lozova(04).JPG|Monument to the liberators of the village during World War II
File:Monument to Liquidators of Chernobyl, Ruska Lozova(02).JPG|Monument to the responders during the Chernobyl disaster
File:Grazing Horses, Ruska Lozova(01).JPG|Horse pasture
References
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Category:Villages in Kharkiv Raion