Tsyrkuny
Tsyrkuny
Циркуни | |
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St. Nicholas Church | |
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Tsyrkuny Location of Tsyrkuny within Ukraine Tsyrkuny Tsyrkuny (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 50°05′15″N 36°23′13″E / 50.0875°N 36.386944°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| District | Kharkiv Raion |
| Founded | 1775 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.227 km2 (0.088 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,310 |
| • Density | 28,000/km2 (72,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 62441 |
| Area code | +380 57 |
| KATOTTH | UA63120290000021734 |
Tsyrkuny (Ukrainian: Циркуни) is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-east from the centre of Kharkiv city. It hosts the administration of Tsyrkuny rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[2][3]
Demographics
The settlement had 6310 inhabitants in 2001, native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- Ukrainian: 75.88%
- Russian: 23.20%
- Belarusian: 0.25%
- Moldovan (Romanian): 0.22%
- Armenian: 0.17%
- other languages: 0.56%
Geography
The village of Tsyrkuny is located northeast of Kharkiv, on the outskirts of the city. The village is located on the banks of the Kharkov River (Siverskyi Donets basin). Upstream, 1 km, is the village of Cherkassky Tyshky. [5]
Tsyrkuny is located on the slopes of the Central Russian Upland, in the forest-steppe natural zone. The climate of the territory has a temperate continental type with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is +8.7 °C (in January -4.5, in July +22). The average annual precipitation is 520 mm. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in summer. [6]
Around the village are summer cottages and broad-leaved and pine forests. To the southwest of the village passes the M03 highway (Kharkiv district road).[7]
History
The village was first mentioned in 1671.[8]
According to data from 1864, the village had a population of 2,707 people (1,255 males and 1,452 females), 278 households, and an Orthodox church.[9]
As of 1914, the number of inhabitants was 6,416 people.[10] During the Holodomor organized by the Soviet authorities in 1932-1933, at least 257 residents of the village died.[11]
In September 2012, part of the village was included in the city of Kharkiv.[12]
Russian occupation in 2022
On 24 February 2022, the village was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces, after which it became a stronghold for tank attacks on Kharkiv and artillery shelling of the Pivtsyncha Saltivka district.[13] [14][15]Russian media outlets present this as if the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shelling the village for no reason, ignoring the fierce fighting near the Kharkiv bypass.[16] Residents are not allowed to evacuate to the territory controlled by Ukraine, and the delivery of humanitarian aid from there is also blocked. Instead, Russian military personnel are offering residents to evacuate to the occupying country.[17] The Russian occupiers lost control of the village on 7 May 2022.[18]The shelling of the village continued later.[19]
References
- ^ "Циркуновская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 20". understandingwar.org. ISW. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
Russian forces are reportedly fighting in Vesele, Tsyrkuny, Zolochiv, and Ternova and may have recaptured Ternova and Rubizhne, although ISW cannot independently confirm these claims at this time.
- ^ "Operational information on 11.06.2022". odessa-journal.com. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
In addition, the enemy fired on civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Uda, Prudyanka, Tsyrkuny and Verkhniy Saltiv. It struck air strikes in the Ternova and Rubizhne districts.
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ Харківська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2021 р.ISBN 978-617-7208-58-6 Retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ Сегіда К. Ю., Редін В. І., Чабань М. Т. Географія Харківської області: «Економічна та соціальна географія». – Харків, 2012. – 56 с. Retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ "Циркуни". maps.visicom.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Кисиленко В. Ю. Нові дослідження щодо визначення часу заснування слобожанських сіл // Слобожанщина. Погляд у минуле — 2024: збірник науково-документальних праць. — Житомир: Бук-друк, 2024. — С.44-55. Retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ Харьковская губернія. Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ по свѣдѣніямъ 1864 года, томъ XLVI. Изданъ Центральнымъ статистическимъ комитетомъ Министерства Внутренних Дѣлъ. СанктПетербургъ. 1869 Retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ Харьковскій календарь на 1914 годѣ. Изданіе Харьковскаго Губернскаго Статистическаго Комитета. Харьковъ. Типографія Губернскаго Правленія. 1914. Retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ "Циркуни". Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні». Український інститут національної пам'яті. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Про впорядкування найменувань — Реєстр актів харківської міської ради". reestr.kharkiv.rocks (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Харків зараз: передові позиції ЗСУ | Салтівка знищена військами РФ | Місто у руїнах (in Ukrainian), retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ "За этой позицией - поле и русские". Репортаж с передовой под Харьковом (in Ukrainian), retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ Уничтоженные российские "Грады" в Харькове (in Ukrainian), retrieved 29 June 2025
- ^ "В Харьковской области войска ВСУ ведут артиллерийский огонь по домам мирных жителей - Аргументы Недели". argumenti.ru. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Суспільне (22 April 2022). "Через чотири країни з-під окупації за 10 км від Харкова: історія жителя Циркунів". Суспільне | Новини (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Каплун, Ольга (7 May 2022). "ЗСУ звільнили село Циркуни на Харківщині, а на Запоріжжі знищили частину озброєння ворога: головне з вечірнього зведення Генштабу - Vежа" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Армія Росії 10 серпня масовано обстрілює Циркуни: поранена жінка". Суспільне. 29 June 2025.