{{Short description|Rural settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Distinguish|Dvorichne}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Dvorichna | native_name = Дворічна | settlement_type = Rural settlement | image_skyline = | image_flag = | image_shield = Coat_of_arms_of_Dvorichna.png | pushpin_map = Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Kharkiv Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Kupiansk Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Dvorichna settlement hromada | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1660 | elevation_m = 88 | area_total_km2 = 4.04 | population_as_of = 2024 | population_total = 80(4,491 as of 2001) | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|49|51|N|37|40|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline, title}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 62709 | area_code = +380 5750 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-point = none | mapframe-wikidata = yes }} '''Dvorichna''' ({{langx|uk|Дворічна}}, {{IPA|uk|dwoˈr⁽ʲ⁾itʃnɐ|pron}}) is a rural settlement in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Dvorichna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_dvorichna">{{cite web |title=Двуречанская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/dvorichanska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was captured by Russian forces, but was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in September 2022 during a major counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast. As of January 28 2025, the town is under Russian control.
== History == In July 1931, the town began publishing its own local newspaper, which it still continues to do today.<ref>№ 3149. Колхозное утро // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.412</ref>
In 1960, the town became classified as an urban-type settlement.{{cn|date=May 2023}} This remained until 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dvorichna became a rural settlement.<ref name="glavnoe">{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
Until 18 July 2020, Dvorichna was the administrative center of Dvorichna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Dvorichna Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |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>
=== Russian invasion of Ukraine === {{see also|Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast}} It has been reported that Dvorichna came under Russian occupation on 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Дворічанська громада була окупована 24 лютого|url=https://www.slk.kh.ua/spec-proekti/zalisajsa-zivim/dvoricanska-gromada-castina-v-okupacii-castina-pid-obstrilami.html|date=15 December 2022|access-date=29 January 2025|lang=uk|website=Слобідський край|first=Віта|last=Яковлева}}</ref> On 11 September 2022, the settlement returned to Ukrainian control during the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian forces reached Dvorichna Dvorichna - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com |url=https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/11-september-ukrainian-forces-reached-dvorichna |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com |language=en}}</ref> After the recapture, however, the town still remained relatively close to the frontline, and as a result had the population of the town fell from 3,500 before the war to 80 as of February 2024, and 80% of the buildings in the town had become damaged to some degree, including all 35 apartment buildings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yakovleva |first1=Vita |title=Скільки жителів залишилося у розбитій Дворічній |url=https://www.slk.kh.ua/news/news/skilki-ziteliv-zalisilosa-u-rozbitij-dvoricnij.html |work={{ill|Slobidsky Kray|uk|Слобідський край (газета)}} |date=1 February 2024 |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
By December 2024, the settlement was contested by Russian forces as part of renewed offensive operations to cross the Oskil river.<ref name="ISW 2024-12-15">{{cite web|last1=Mappes |first1=Grace |last2=Trotter |first2=Nate |last3=Wolkov |first3=Nicole |last4=Carter |first4=Brian |last5=Harward |first5=Christina |last6=Runkel |first6=William |last7=Kagan |first7=Frederick W. |last8=Gasparyan |first8=Davit |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 15, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-15-2024 |publisher=Institute for the Study of War |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> By 13 January 2025, Russian forces had expanded their bridgehead along the Oskil River near Dvorichna and captured around half of the village.<ref>[https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-13-2025 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 13, 2025]</ref> On 28 January, the Russian defense ministry said that the settlement had been fully recaptured by its forces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russian Army Captures Ukrainian Town in Northeastern Kharkiv Region |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/01/28/russian-army-captures-ukrainian-town-in-northeastern-kharkiv-region-a87766 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}</ref>
== Population == The population of the town has been counted three times; once in January 1989, where the population was recorded at 4,807 people,<ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]</ref> again in January 2013, where the population was recorded at 3,812 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |title=Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.98 |access-date=2019-07-06 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013028/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and most recently in 2022, when the population was estimated to be around {{Ua-pop-est2022|3,290|punct=.}} The linguistic composition of the settlement as of the 2001 Ukrainian census was as follows:<ref>{{cite web | language=uk | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України}}</ref>{{bar box|title=First languages in Dvorichna|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|88.6}} {{bar percent|Russian|purple|10.3}} {{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.5}} {{bar percent|Romanian|pink|0.1}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.3}}}}
== See also == ;List of nearby settlements {{Div col}} * Hrianykivka * Dvorichne * Horobivka * Tavilzhanka {{End div col}} {{clear}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060812/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=09.06.2009&rf7571=32850 Dvorichna at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine site]
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Category:Populated places established in 1660 Category:Kupiansk Raion