Official Name: | Vatutino |
Native Name: | Ватутино |
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: | Valuysky District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Coordinates: | 50.2833°N 56°W[1] |
Vatutino (Russian: Ватýтино) is a rural locality (a selo) in Valuysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 27 as of 2010.[2] There is 1 street.
The locality is named after Nikolai Vatutin (1901–1944), a Russian military commander of the Great Patriotic War. It had been known as Chepukhino (Russian: Чепухино) for centuries until 1968.
Vatutino is located 23 km northeast of Valuyki (the district's administrative centre) by road. Voronovka is the nearest rural locality.[3]