{{short description|City in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Balakliia | native_name = Балаклія | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = [[City status in Ukraine|City]] | image_skyline = Центральная улица.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = Zhovtneva street, the main street of Balakliia | image_flag = Balaklia prapor.png | image_shield = Balaklia gerb.png | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kharkiv Oblast]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Izium Raion]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1663<ref name=SovietEncyclopedia/> | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 35 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_note = | population_total = 26334 | population_footnotes = | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | pushpin_map = Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Balakliia | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|49|27|57|N|36|52|04|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 79 | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Ukraine|Postal code]] | postal_code = 64200 | area_code = | blank_info = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = | pushpin_relief = y | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | subdivision_type3 = [[Hromada]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Balakliia urban hromada]] }}
'''Balakliia''' or '''Balakliya'''<ref>{{cite news |date=10 September 2022 |title=Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area after surprising offensive |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/10/russia-announces-troop-pullback-from-ukraines-kharkiv-area-after-surprising-offensive.html |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=[[CNBC]] |agency=AP}}</ref> ({{langx|uk|Балаклія}}, {{IPA|uk|bɐlɐˈkl⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ|IPA|LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Балаклія.wav}}; {{langx|ru|Балаклея|Balakleya}}) is a [[List of cities in Ukraine|city]] in the [[Izium Raion]], [[Kharkiv Oblast]], eastern [[Ukraine]], on the northeast side of the [[Siverskyi Donets]] river close to where it is joined by the {{ill|Balakliia River|uk|Балаклійка (притока Сіверського Дінця)|lt=Balakliika river}}, which runs through the town. It is an important railroad junction in the [[Oblasts of Ukraine|oblast]]. Balakliia hosts the administration of [[Balakliia urban hromada]], one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_balakliia">{{cite web |title=Балаклейская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/balakliyska/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=gromada.info |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|26,334|punct=.}}
==Administrative status== Until 18 July 2020, Balakliia was the administrative center of [[Balakliia Raion]]. The [[Raions of Ukraine|raion]] was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of [[Kharkiv Oblast]] to seven. The area of [[Balakliia Raion]] was merged into [[Izium Raion]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 2020 |title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ. |url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 |access-date=3 October 2020 |website=Голос України |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 July 2020 |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
==History== {{recentism section|date=May 2024}}
===Early history and etymology=== The land that is now Balakliia has been inhabited since ancient times. Settlements from the [[Neolithic Age]] and [[Bronze Age]] have been preserved.<ref name=History/>
[[File:Балаклейка.jpg|The Balakliika River is the basis for the town's name.|thumb]]
The name "Balakliia" is derived from the {{ill|Balakliia River|uk|Балаклійка (притока Сіверського Дінця)}}, a tributary of the [[Donets]]. The river's name in turn comes from a [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] word meaning 'fish river'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Реки и водоемы Харьковщины |url=http://volchansk.kh.ua/publ/reki_i_vodoemy_kharkovshhiny/21-1-0-373 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801125529/http://volchansk.kh.ua/publ/reki_i_vodoemy_kharkovshhiny/21-1-0-373 |archive-date=1 August 2012}}</ref> The ''[[Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary]]'' judges from the name of the settlement that the town was originally a [[Tatars|Tatar]] settlement.<ref name=BEED>{{Cite wikisource |year=1906 |plaintitle=Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона |wslanguage=ru |wslink=ЭСБЕ |chapter=Ново-Серпухов |page=302 |trans-title=Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary}}</ref>
===Modern period=== In 1571, the Moscow government established a watch service on the Seversky Donets and Oskil rivers-seven watches whose task was to report the approach of the Tatars. A third watch was built at the mouth of the Balakliika River.
The modern history of the settlement began in 1663,<ref name="GreatSoviet">{{cite book |title=Больша́я сове́тская энциклопе́дия |trans-title=[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] |section=Балаклея |section-url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article091535.html}}</ref><ref name="SovietEncyclopedia" /> when it became populated by [[East Slavs]] and served as a guard post against raids from [[Crimean Tatars]].<ref name="BEED" /><ref name="GreatSoviet" /> Starting in 1669 or 1670, the settlement served as the center of the {{ill|Balakliia Regiment|uk|Балаклійський полк}}, which existed until 1677.<ref name="History" /> Residents of Balakliia took an active part in the {{ill|Stenka Razin Rebellion|uk|Повстання Степана Разіна}} (1676–1681), the [[Bulavin Rebellion]] (1707–1708), and [[Pugachev's Rebellion]] (1773–1775).<ref name="History" />
From 1817 to 1891, the settlement was known as Novo-Serpukhiv.{{efn| {{langx|uk|Ново-Серпухів}}; {{langx|ru|Ново-Серпухов|Novo-Serpukhov}} }}<ref name="History">{{cite book |title=Енциклопедія історії України |volume=1: А–В |page=688 |trans-title=Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine |section=БАЛАКЛІЯ |section-url=http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Balakliia_mst}}</ref>
By the early 20th century, Balakliia had a population of 5,197.<ref name=BEED/> During the [[Ukrainian War of Independence]], from 1917 to 1920, it passed between various factions. Afterwards it was administratively part of the [[Kharkiv Governorate]] of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite map|author=С. Хургін|title=Адміністраційна Мапа Української Соц. Рад. Республіки|year=1922|scale=1:1,680,000|publisher=Народний комісаріат внутрішніх справ|location=Kharkiv|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|title=Административная карта Украины|year=1923|scale=1:1,050,000|publisher=Народный комиссариат внутренних дел|language=ru}}</ref> It received urban status in 1938.<ref name="SovietEncyclopedia">{{cite book |title=Українська Радянська Енциклопедія |date=1978 |volume=1 |location=Kyiv |page=339 |language=uk |trans-title=Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia |section=Балаклія |chapter-url=https://leksika.com.ua/17260320/ure/balakliya}}</ref> During [[World War II]], the town was occupied by the [[Wehrmacht]] between 9 December 1941, and 5 February 1943.<ref name=History/><ref>{{Cite web |title=МІСТО БАЛАКЛІЯ |url=http://balakleya.kharkov.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=35 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813021624/http://balakleya.kharkov.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=35 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Friedrich Dettmer, Otto Jaus, Helmut Tolkmitt: ''Die 44. Infanterie-Division. Reichs-Grenadier-Division Hoch- und Deutschmeister 1938–1945.'', Seite 186 bis 212, Verlag Austria Press, Wien 1969</ref>
=== 2017–2019 arms depot explosions ===
[[File:Balakliia ammunition depot explosion 03.jpg|thumb|March 2017 explosions in the city]] On 23 March 2017, 20,000 inhabitants of Balakliia were evacuated after {{ill|Balakliia explosions|uk|Пожежа на складі боєприпасів у Балаклії |lt=a series of massive explosions}} erupted at a nearby arms depot of the Balakliia military installation, which stockpiles missile and artillery ammunition.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 March 2017 |title=Ukraine munitions blasts prompt mass evacuations |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39363416 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The disaster led to the death of one woman civilian; five other civilians were injured. There were no casualties among the military.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 March 2017 |title=NATO envoys arrive in Balaklia to assist in humanitarian demining |url=https://www.unian.info/society/1842229-nato-envoys-arrive-in-balaklia-to-assist-in-humanitarian-demining.html |publisher=[[UNIAN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 March 2017 |title=One dead after blasts at eastern Ukraine arms depot |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-dead-blasts-eastern-ukraine-arms-depot-113157577.html |publisher=Yahoo News}}</ref> Thousands of residents within a 10 km radius around the complex were evacuated in the aftermath. By the end of March, the fires and resulting arms explosions at the ammunition depot in Balakliia had damaged almost 250 buildings. On 18 April, Balakliia and nearby villages were cleared of [[unexploded ordnance]].<ref>[https://www.unian.info/society/1881079-balaklia-nearby-villages-cleared-from-unexploded-ordnance-after-march-23-accident.html Balaklia, nearby villages cleared from unexploded ordnance after March 23 accident], [[UNIAN]] (18 April 2017)</ref>
On 3 May 2018, there was a new series of explosions at the depot after dry grass caught fire.<ref name="10104266balaklia"/> 1,500 locals were evacuated, and no casualties were reported.<ref name="10104266balaklia">[https://www.unian.info/m/society/10104266-ammo-depot-explosions-in-kharkiv-region-s-balaklia-stop-on-thursday-afternoon.html Ammo depot explosions in Kharkiv region's Balaklia stop on Thursday afternoon], [[UNIAN]] (3 May 2018)</ref> On 15 November 2019, another series of explosions killed two Ukrainian soldiers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2019 |title=При взрывах на арсенале в Балаклее погибли двое украинских военных |url=https://ria.ru/20191115/1560992234.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115144847/https://ria.ru/20191115/1560992234.html |archive-date=15 November 2019 |access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
=== Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine === ==== Russian capture and occupation ==== {{Further information|Eastern Ukraine campaign|Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast}} On 3 March 2022, during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Russian forces captured the town.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2022 |title=Ukrainian city of Balakliya freed from nationalist battalions – Russian Defense Ministry |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/75198/ |website=interfax.com}}</ref> The then-Mayor {{ill|Ivan Stolbovyy|uk|Столбовий Іван Михайлович}} initially stayed in the occupied town and collaborated with the Russian occupation forces. "[I]t’s complicated," he told Balakliia residents, "It’s war." He urged the town's inhabitants not to engage in looting or "terrorist acts".<ref>{{cite news |title=Kharkiv Region: Balakliya Mayor says he made a deal with the Russian aggressors |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/28/7335345/}}</ref> On 28 March, the government of Ukraine began criminal proceedings against Stolbovyy on charges of treason and [[Collaboration with Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|collaboration with Russia]]. In early April 2022,<ref>{{cite news |title=Втік до Росії. Меру окупованої Балаклії оголосили підозру в державній зраді |url=https://nv.ua/ukr/kharkiv/ivan-stolboviy-mer-balakliji-pidozryuyetsya-v-derzhzradi-ta-kolaboracionizmi-novini-harkova-50236358.html |language=uk}}</ref> Stolbovyy fled with his family to Russia.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 April 2022 |title=Mayor of Balakliia Stolbovyi fled to Russia with his family — Kharkiv Regional Military Administration |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/7/7337839/}}</ref>
The senior military occupation officer in Balakliia was Colonel [[Ivan Popov (Russian general, born 1975)|Ivan Popov]];<ref name=reuters/> the commandant charged with "keeping the local civilian population in check" went under the pseudonym "V. Granit" ([[Granite]]), and oversaw at least one interrogation center where Ukrainian civilians were "beaten and questioned using electric shocks", according to Balakliia residents and Ukrainian government officials.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |last1=Saito |first1=Mari |last2=Tsvetkova |first2=Maria |last3=Zverev |first3=Anton |date=26 October 2022 |title=Abandoned Russian base holds secrets of retreat in Ukraine |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-base |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> According to a [[Reuters]] investigation published in April 2023, "Granit" was the pseudonym of Valery Sergeyevich Buslov, a lieutenant colonel in the military police.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saito |first1=Mari |last2=Nikolskaya |first2=Polina |last3=Tsvetkova |first3=Maria |last4=Zverev |first4=Anton |date=20 April 2023 |title=Exclusive: The Russian military commandant who oversaw reign of fear in Ukraine town |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-commandant-who-oversaw-reign-fear-ukraine-town-2023-04-20/ |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>
The occupation force occupied a "run-down vehicle repair complex" on the town's outskirts and used it as their command center for the occupation. Russian soldiers distributed flyers "warning of Ukraine’s descent into [[Neo-Nazism|Nazi]] rule" if the Ukrainian government regained control of the town, and "scribbled" on the walls of the military base.<ref name=reuters/>
==== Liberation by Ukraine ==== [[File:UA flag in liberated Balakliia 01.png|thumb|Ukrainian flag flying in liberated Balakliia on 8 September 2022]] {{Main|Battle of Balakliia}} On 6 September 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a [[2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive|counteroffensive]] towards Balakliia, reportedly retaking adjacent [[Verbivka, Kharkiv Oblast|Verbivka]] and besieging the town.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Oliphant |first1=Roland |last2=Barnes |first2=Joe |date=6 September 2022 |title=Ukraine launches surprise attack near Kharkiv in bid to push back Russians |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/06/ukraine-launches-surprise-attack-near-kharkiv-bid-push-back/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> After crossing the [[Donets|Donets River]], men of the [[71st Jaeger Brigade (Ukraine)|71st Jaeger Brigade]] led an offensive on Balakliia, coming from the direction of [[Husarivka, Balakliia urban hromada|Husarivka]].<ref>[https://lb.ua/society/2022/09/14/529296_ukrainskiy_nastup_shcho_stalosya.html Український наступ. Що сталося на Слобожанщині?], lb.ua, 14 September 2022 (in Ukrainian)</ref> On 8 September, the [[Flag of Ukraine|Ukrainian flag]] was raised over the town after [[Battle of Balakliia|a brief battle]],<ref>[https://www.coffeeordie.com/ukraine-regains-ground UKRAINE’S EASTERN COUNTERATTACK REGAINS GROUND FROM RUSSIANS], Nolan Peterson, Coffee or Die Magazine, 9 August 2022.</ref> and on 10 September, Ukraine announced it had established control.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hunder |first1=Max |last2=Hnydii |first2=Vitalii |date=10 September 2022 |title=Russia loses control of key northeast towns as Ukrainian troops advance |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-troops-raise-flag-over-railway-hub-advance-threatens-turn-into-rout-2022-09-10/ |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russian forces in full retreat from Kharkiv as Ukraine seeks to turn tide of war |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-forces-in-full-retreat-as-ukraine-seeks-to-turn-tide-of-war/}}</ref>
After recapturing the town, Ukrainian officials said they had discovered [[Russian torture chambers|torture chambers]] where Ukrainian prisoners were held. Serhiy Bolvinov, head of the [[Kharkiv Oblast|Kharkiv Region]] National Police Investigation Department, said that 40 people had been detained there.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Maya |last2=Ho |first2=Vivian |last3=Belam |first3=Martin |last4=Farrer |first4=Martin |date=14 September 2022 |title=Ukraine's officials claim to have discovered 'torture chamber' used by Russian troops – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/sep/14/russia-ukraine-war-latest-kyiv-aims-to-consolidate-gains-in-kharkiv-biden-says-war-will-be-long-haul-live |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Ukrainian President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] said that more than ten similar torture chambers had been discovered in the Kharkiv Region.<ref>{{cite news |last=Askew |first=Joshua |date=19 September 2022 |title=Ukraine war: Russian 'torture chambers', Kherson 'provocations', fears on Ukraine-Russia border Access to the comments |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/18/ukraine-war-russian-torture-chambers-kherson-provocations-fears-on-ukraine-russia-border |work=Euronews}}</ref> Investigations also began against more alleged collaborators.<ref>{{cite news |title=Balakliia: the SBI exposed two more traitors who helped occupants (video) – State Bureau of Investigation |url=https://dbr.gov.ua/en/news/u-balaklii-dbr-vikrilo-shhe-dvoh-zradnikiv-yaki-dopomagali-okupantam}}</ref>
[[File:Balakliya train station under repair November 2022.jpg|thumb|Balakliia train station under repair in November 2022 after the city's liberation]]
Diesel trains were running on the [[Kharkiv]]–Balakliia railway line four days after liberation.<ref name="Hoorn Balduk">{{Cite news |last1=van Hoorn |first1=Sander |last2=Balduk |first2=Chiem |date=4 October 2022 |title=Met militaire precisie wordt het cruciale spoor in Oekraïne hersteld |trans-title=Crucial railways in Ukraine are being restored with military precision |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2447018-met-militaire-precisie-wordt-het-cruciale-spoor-in-oekraine-hersteld |access-date=24 June 2024 |work=NOS.nl |language=nl}}</ref> Electric power was restored to the town on 26 September 2022.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 September 2022 |title=ОП: У Балаклію повернули електропостачання, на черзі – Ізюм |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3579735-op-u-balakliu-povernuli-elektropostacanna-na-cerzi-izum.html |language=uk}}</ref> On 25 November 2022, the [[Vinnytsia]] city council allocated 10 million hryvnias in funds to help rebuild Balaklia. The funds were to be used, specifically, to restore housing and improve heating services ahead of the winter.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 November 2022 |title=Вінниця виділила ₴10 мільйонів субвенції на відновлення деокупованої Балаклії |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3621736-vinnica-vidilila-10-miljoniv-subvencii-na-vidnovlenna-deokupovanoi-balaklii.html |language=uk}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{Historical populations | align = left | percentages = pagr | shading = off | 1732 |1186<ref>{{Cite web |title=Офіційний сайт Балаклійського району |url=http://www.balakliya-rda.gov.ua/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205095718/http://balakliya-rda.gov.ua/ |archive-date=5 December 2009 |access-date=9 April 2010}}</ref> | 1906 |5197<ref name=BEED/> | 1968 |30,200<ref name=GreatSoviet/> | 1989 |35,737<ref>{{Cite web |title=Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524181129/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php |archive-date=24 May 2012 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> | 2001 |32,117<ref>{{Cite web |title=Численность и состав населения Харьковской области по итогам Всеукраинской переписи населения 2001 года |url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/rus/results/general/city/kharkiv/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116203028/http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/rus/results/general/city/kharkiv/ |archive-date=16 January 2017 |access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref> | 2013 |29,499<ref name="Census2013">{{cite web |title=ЧИСЕЛЬНІСТЬ НАЯВНОГО НАСЕЛЕННЯ УКРАЇНИ |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617181133/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> | 2022|26,334<ref name="ua2022estimate"/> }} {{clear}}
As of the [[2001 Ukrainian census]], Balakliia had a population of 32,117 inhabitants. The ethnic composition was as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}</ref> {{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Balakliia|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|[[Ukrainians]]|dodgerblue|80.44}} {{bar percent|[[Russians in Ukraine|Russians]]|purple|18.04}} {{bar percent|[[Belarusians]]|red|0.42}} {{bar percent|[[Azerbaijanis]]|green|0.19}} {{bar percent|[[Armenians]]|brown|0.17}} {{bar percent|[[Romani people|Romani]]|black|0.08}} {{bar percent|[[Tatars]]|olive|0.07}} {{bar percent|[[Georgians]]|yellow|0.04}}}}
==Gallery== <gallery> File:BalakliiaCitySign.jpg|Balakliia city sign File:BalakliiaAmbulanceinfrontofLocalHospital.jpg|Balakliia Ambulance in front of local hospital File:BalakliiaCityHall2.jpg|City hall File:BalakliiaClub.jpg|[[Palace of Culture]] File:BalakliiaLyceum.jpg|Balakliia Lyceum File:BalakliiaPlayground.jpg|Children's playground File:БОШ№2.JPG|Balakliysk Primary School File:BalakliiaPedagogicalSchool.jpg|Pedagogical college File:Памятник погибшим солдатам.JPG|Monument to fallen soldiers in the Second World War </gallery>
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==References== {{Reflist}}
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