Gora-Podol Explained

Official Name:	Gora-Podol
Native Name:	Гора-Подол
Native Name Lang:	ru
Settlement Type:	Selo
Pushpin Map:	Russia Belgorod Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Russia
Subdivision Type1:	Federalsubject
Subdivision Name1:	Belgorod Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Grayvoronsky District
Subdivision Type4:	Municipality
Utc Offset1:	+3:00
Coordinates:	50.4667°N 73°W^[1]
Module:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 14 Marker: village

Gora-Podol (Russian: Гора-Подол) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Gora-Podolskoye Rural Settlement, Grayvoronsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,862 as of 2010.^[2] There are 28 streets.

History

Russian invasion of Ukraine

See main article: 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions. In May 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the governor of Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that Ukrainian "sabotage groups" entered Grayvoronsky District. Ukrainian media reported that the cross-border excursion was performed by the rebel opposition groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion. The Freedom of Russia Legion claimed it captured the villages of Kozinka and Gora-Podol.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} They later got forced out of the villages.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Geography

Gora-Podol is located southwest of Grayvoron (the district's administrative centre) by road. Grayvoron is the nearest rural locality.^[11]

Notes and References

1. https://mapdata.ru/belgorodskaya-oblast/grayvoronskiy-rayon/ Карта Грайворонского района Белгородской области
2. Web site: Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Белгородская область. 15. Численность неселения городских и сельских населённых пунктов . 2019-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181123111143/http://belg.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/belg/resources/eab54e804ff0fbbca305efd8c740ec4f/pub-01-15.pdf . 2018-11-23 . dead .
3. News: 22 May 2023 . Russian governor says Ukrainian 'saboteurs' crossed border, Ukraine credits partisans . en . Reuters . 22 May 2023.
4. Web site: Belgorod governor reports incursion into region by ‘Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group’ . 2023-05-22 . Meduza . en.
5. Web site: 2023-05-22 . Explosions in Belgorod Oblast: Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion urge not to resist . 2023-05-22 . Yahoo News . en-US.
6. Web site: Легион «Свобода России» . 2023-05-22 . Telegram.
7. News: 22 May 2023 . Russian governor says Ukrainian 'saboteurs' crossed border, Ukraine credits partisans . en . Reuters . 22 May 2023.
8. Web site: Belgorod governor reports incursion into region by 'Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group' . 2023-05-22 . Meduza . en.
9. Web site: Russian Border Region Says Ukrainian 'Sabotage' Unit Carried Out Incursion. The Moscow Times. 22 May 2023.
10. Web site: Karolina Hird . Grace Mappes . Nicole Wolkov . Layne Philipson . Frederick W. Kagan . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 22, 2023 . en . . 2023-05-23.
11. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_gora-podol_grajvoron Расстояние от Горы-Подола до Грайворона