Borisoglebsk
Sign in to saveBorisoglebsk () is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor. Population: 65,000 (1969).
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Borisoglebsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Борисоглебск
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Rathaus der Stadt Borissoglebsk.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Borisoglebsk Town Administration building
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- left
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Borisoglebsk (Voronezh oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Borisoglebsk (Voronezh oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Voronezh Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_title
- Head
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_name
- Alexey Kabargin
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 65585
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_rank
- 240th
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1646
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Borisoglebsk () is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor. Population: 65,000 (1969).
==History== Borisoglebsk was founded in 1646 and was named for the Russian saints Boris and Gleb, the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after the Christianization of the country.