Khoro, Verkhnevilyuysky District, Sakha Republic

For other places with the same name, see Khoro.
Khoro (English)
Хоро (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Khoro
Location of Khoro in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 63°32′N 120°11′E / 63.533°N 120.183°E / 63.533; 120.183Coordinates: 63°32′N 120°11′E / 63.533°N 120.183°E / 63.533; 120.183
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Verkhnevilyuysky District[1]
Rural okrug Khorinsky Rural Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Khorinsky Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Verkhnevilyuysky Municipal District[2]
Rural settlement Khorinsky Rural Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Khorinsky Rural Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 1,221 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4]
Founded 1952
Previous names Bulgunnyakhtakh (until 2003)

Khoro (Russian: Хоро́) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khorinsky Rural Okrug of Verkhnevilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from Verkhnevilyuysk, the administrative center of the district.[1] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,221,[3] up from 1,131 recorded during the 2002 Census.[1]

History

According to the legend, the area of modern Khoro was settled by the Khoro tribes from the Lena basin, who fled to this area to escape their Yakut oppressors. A locality here was first mentioned in written sources in connection with the annexation of Yakutia by the Russian Empire. In 1634, Russian Cossacks, headed by Voin Shakhov, established a winter settlement at the confluence of the Vilyuy and Tyuken Rivers. This settlement served as the seat of administration of the surrounding area for several decades, after which it was moved to the Yolyonnyokh area 45 kilometers (28 mi) down by the Vilyuy River, where the ostrog (fortified settlement) of Olensk (now Vilyuysk) was founded in 1773.

Modern Khoro was established in 1952 by merging four neighboring kolkhozes. Until 2003, the official name of the village was Bulgunnyakhtakh (Булгунняхтах); named so after the post office.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. 1 2 Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (Russian)
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).

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