{{Short description|Village in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Distinguish|Dvorichna}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dvorichne | native_name = Дворічне | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_flag = | image_shield = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Kharkiv Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Kupiansk Raion | government_type = Dvorichna Settlement Council | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1825 | population_total = 326 | area_total_km2 = 3.4 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 62731 | area_code = 5750 | coordinates = {{Coord|49|51|11|N|37|43|55|E|scale:100000_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = Bottom | elevation_m = 85 | blank_name_sec1 = KOATUU code | blank_info_sec1 = 6321885504 | blank_name_sec2 = KATOTTH code | blank_info_sec2 = UA63080050540076635<ref>{{cite web |title=Дворічанська територіальна громада |trans-title=Dvorichan territorial community |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4650/ |publisher=Decentralisation in Ukraine |year=2022 |page=2 |access-date=6 June 2023 |language=uk}}</ref> | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Dvorichna settlement hromada }} '''Dvorichne''' ({{langx|uk|Дворічне}}, {{langx|ru|Двуречное|Dvurechnoe}}) is a village in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to 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> The village has a pre-war population of 326 people, and is most notable for {{ill|Dvorichna station|uk|Дворічна (станція)}} which resides in the middle of the village. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village would become a frontline settlement after the 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive in September 2022, and would remain largely contested until Russian forces pushed the last Ukrainian forces from the settlement on 10 February 2023. The village remains under Russian control as of May 2023.<ref name="Map"/>{{circular reference|date=September 2023}}
== Geography == Dvorichne is located on the left bank of the Oskil river, where it is situated next to the {{ill|Tavilzhanka (river)|lt=Tavilzhanka tributary|uk|Тавільжанка (річка)}} and about {{cvt|2|km}} upstream from the {{ill|Verkhnya Dvorichna|uk|Верхня Дворічна}} and {{ill|Nizhnya Dvorichna|uk|Нижня Дворічна}} tributaries.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} The village is adjacent to the downstream villages of Hrianykivka and Horobivka, and is surrounded by forest.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} Most notably, the village is home to {{ill|Dvorichna station|uk|Дворічна (станція)}}, which is the only railway station in the area.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
== History == Between 1932 and 1933, the village suffered a large reduction in population during the Holodomor famine, which in a combined casualty count killed 113 in Dvorichne and ten other small settlements nearby.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.memory.gov.ua:8080/data/upload/publication/main/ua/1090/41.pdf |title=Мартиролог. Харківська область, ст. 664–667 |trans-title=Martyrology. Kharkiv region, articles 664–667 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223233012/http://www.memory.gov.ua:8080/data/upload/publication/main/ua/1090/41.pdf}}</ref>
On 12 June 2020; Decree No. 725-r of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine placed the village in the administration of the {{ill|Dvorichan settlement hromada|uk|Дворічанська селищна громада}},<ref>{{cite report |title=Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Харківської області |trans-title=On the determination of administrative centers and approval of the territories of territorial communities of the Kharkiv region |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/725-2020-%D1%80#n7 |publisher=Verkhovna Rada |location=Kyiv |page=5 |date=12 June 2020 |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=uk}}</ref> and on 17 July became part of the Kupiansk Raion as a result of administrative-territorial reform which abolished the Dvorichna Raion.<ref>{{cite report |title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів |trans-title=About the formation and liquidation of districts |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text |publisher=Verkhovna Rada |location=Kyiv |date=17 July 2020 |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=uk}}</ref>
=== Russian invasion of Ukraine === {{Further information|Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast|Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line}} In the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was occupied by Russian troops during their initial advance into the nation. It became a frontline village after the settlement was successfully recaptured sometime in September by Ukrainian forces during the 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web |last1=Lister |first1=Tim |last2=Nechyporenko |first2=Kostan |title=Ukrainian forces doing all they can to save Bakhmut, military official says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-2-8-23#h_add68917d81256a48239b3661d31f662 |publisher=CNN |date=8 February 2023 |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref> The village would change hands multiple times from then,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobilization leads to delays in vacations and payments to Russian military at front |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3579062-mobilization-leads-to-delays-in-vacations-and-payments-to-russian-military-at-front.html |publisher=Ukrinform |date=25 September 2022 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="the enemy used tanks, mortars and artillery of various types to attack the Ukrainian positions […] [in] Dvorichne"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on October 7, 2022 |url=https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/the-operational-update-regarding-the-russian-invasion-on-0600-on-october-7-2022 |publisher=Ministry of Defence of Ukraine |date=7 October 2022 |access-date=14 May 2023 |quote="The enemy fired […] from tanks, mortars and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Dvorichne"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Perpetua |first1=Andrew |title=Ukraine Daily Update: Update for October 20th |url=https://www.ukrdailyupdate.com/updates/update-for-october-20th |website=ukrdailyupdate.com |date=21 October 2022 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="in recent days Russia has counterattacked and claimed to have pushed Ukraine out of the towns of Horobivka and Dvorichne […] In Dvorichne, Russia claims to have taken control of the train station in the middle of the town."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrainian Armed Forces repel Russian attacks near 12 cities, towns and villages – General Staff report |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/2/7374588/ |publisher=Ukrainska Pravda |date=2 November 2022 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="Russian forces likewise deployed mortars and tubed and rocket artillery to fire on areas in and around […] Dvorichne"}}</ref> largely remaining contested until it definitively came under partial Russian control on 4 February 2023, when Ukrainian forces were pushed out of the western outskirts of the village.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stepanenko |first1=Kateryna |last2=Bailey |first2=Riley |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Howard |first4=Angela |last5=Kagan |first5=Frederick W. |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 4, 2023 |url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-4-2023 |publisher=Institute for the Study of War |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="Russian forces conducted successful offensive actions near Dvorichne […] and pushed Ukrainian forces out of the western outskirts of the settlement."}}</ref> This progress of the Russian forces was continued on 8 February,<ref name="CNN"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hird |first1=Karolina |last2=Bailey |first2=Riley |last3=Barros |first3=George |last4=Philipson |first4=Layne |last5=Wolkov |first5=Nicole |last6=Clark |first6=Mason |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 8, 2023 |url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-8-2023 |publisher=Institute for the Study of War |date=8 February 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="Geolocated combat footage has confirmed Russian gains in the Dvorichne area northwest of Svatove."}}</ref> until the village came under full Russian control on 10 February,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hird |first1=Karolina |last2=Bailey |first2=Riley |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Barros |first4=George |last5=Philipson |first5=Layne |last6=Wolkov |first6=Nicole |last7=Clark |first7=Mason |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 10, 2023 |url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-10-2023 |publisher=Institute for the Study of War |date=10 February 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces completely captured Dvorichne"}}</ref> where it remains as of May 2023.<ref name="Map">See the detailed map.</ref>{{circular reference|date=September 2023}} Despite the Russian capture, the village still comes under artillery fire with the frontline still not far away.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conflict brewing among Russia's military leadership due to lack of battlefield successes |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3678554-conflict-brewing-among-russias-military-leadership-due-to-lack-of-battlefield-successes.html |publisher=Ukrinform |date=March 5, 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023 |quote="the invaders fir[ed] artillery rounds at […] Dvorichne"}}</ref>
== Notable people == * {{ill|Pysarevsky Petro Stepanovych|uk|Писаревський Петро Степанович}} (1820–1871), Ukrainian poet, author of burlesque poems and fables.
== See also == ;List of nearby settlements {{Div col}} * Hrianykivka * Horobivka * Tavilzhanka * Dvorichna {{End div col}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1825 Category:Villages in Kupiansk Raion