Borki
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Polish Borki and Russian Бо́рки (Bórki). Compare Birky.
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[edit]Borki
- The name of numerous settlements in Poland.
- (historical) A free settlement, the administrative centre of Borchanskaya volost, Zmiev Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, the Russian Empire, site of the Borki train disaster of 1888; now the village of Birky in Zmiiv urban hromada, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, the Ukraine.
- 1945 September–October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252:
- […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed.
- The name of numerous settlements in Russia, including:
- A village, the administrative centre of Borkovsky selsoviet, Sudzhansky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
- 2024 September 4th, Torsten Heinrich M.A. (channel name: “Military & History”), Stopped at Pokrovsk, the Russaians[sic] change direction. Lots of aid for Ukraine! Ukraine Sitrep, via YouTube, 2:56–3:03:
- Then we have a new geolocation from the South – south of Borki – the small town of Spalnoye.
- A village, the administrative centre of Borkovsky selsoviet, Sudzhansky Raion, Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
Translations
[edit]free settlement in Borchanskaya, Zmiev, Kharkov, Russian Empire
village in Borkovsky, Sudzhansky, Kursk, Central Russia
Further reading
[edit]Borki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Borki, Russia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Borki, Sudzhansky District, Kursk Oblast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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