Official Name: | Livenka |
Native Name: | Ливенка |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Settlement Type: | Selo |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Belgorod Oblast#Russia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Belgorod Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Krasnogvardeysky District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Livenka (ru|Ливенка) is a rural locality (a selo) in Krasnogvardeysky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia,[1] located 29km (18miles)[2] from the town of Biryuch, the administrative center of the district. Population:
See also: Battle of Nikolayevka. It was founded in 1681 by Vasily Livenets as an outpost settlement.[3]
The settlement now encompasses the site where the Battle of Nikolayevka (named according to the Second World War Italian military maps) was fought between Italian and Soviet forces in January 1943.
The village, crossed in the middle by the river Valuy, lies 25km (16miles) south of Biryuch, the district capital, and 47km (29miles) north of Valuyki. It is 75km (47miles) far from Ukrainian border, in Kharkiv Oblast.