Unofficial record holder, at least in the region and country in the number of renames. A small green town is located in the central part of the Voronezh region. We can assume that the population of Liski was lucky with the last renaming, otherwise they were still called in a foreign way - the Georgians.
Geographic information
One of the cultural and economically developed areas of the region, located on the left bank of the Don River, between the tributaries of Hvorostan and Ikorets, at the mouth of the Tormosovka stream. Nearby are the lakes Bogatoe, Kostyanka and Peskovatskoe. Liski is the administrative center of the eponymous urban settlement and the municipal district of the Voronezh region. The city covers an area of 6.6 hectares, close to it is the Kalach farm.
At a distance of 100 km to the north is the regional center, to the capital of Russia 627 km, the border with Ukraine passes 111 km. The city is a major railway junction of the Southeast Railway.
The territory of the urban settlement is located on the southern part of the Oka-Don Lowland. Liski is built on a strongly crossed gully-ravine net plain with small elevations.
origin of name
There are several versions about the origin of the name. According to the main one, the village was named after the chalk mountains located on the right bank, on which there is almost no vegetation. In the sources of the 18-19th century the name of the river flowing in the area is given in the forms Lyska, Lysochka, formed from the adjective "bald".
Another version - the name was given by red-headed predators, many of whom live in the surrounding ravines. In the forests near the town, and now you can find many foxes.
History
The settlement has been known since the 16th century; in 1571, the Bogatiy Zaton guard post was organized here on the shore of the Bogatoye Lake (old Don). In 1787, the village of Novaya Pokrovka (Bobrovskoye), located on the left bank of the Don, was built on this site. In the 17th century, small settlements began to appear nearby, which later became part of the city. In 1870, at the center of the village, the Liski railway station was built, which was named the same as the village located on the opposite bank.
In 1928, the substation village was attached to the village of Novopokrovskoye. The new administrative unit was called the workers' settlement Liberty, which in 1937 received the status of a city, and in 1943 - the name Liski. In the rare years of good relations with Romania, in 1965, it was renamed Georgiu Dezh, by the name of one of the leaders of the Romanian Communist Party G. Georgiu Deja (1901-1965). In 1991, the city was returned to its former name Liski.
Population before the revolution
Reliable data on the population of Liski during the foundation of the first settlement is not available. At the outpost, guarding the far borders of the country from the raids of the Crimean Tatars, there lived service people with families. In the mid-1880s, there were 9 houses in Liski and 410 people, almost all of whom were involved in the railway, built a decade ago. After the abolition of serfdom, peasants from the central provinces of Russia began to migrate en masse to these fertile lands.
In 1897, there were 5500 inhabitants in the settlement. The rapid population growth of Liski, Voronezh province, is due to the fact that the station has become a hub in the north-south and west-east directions, respectively, cargo traffic has grown. Many new jobs were created related to the maintenance of the railway, including in warehouses, inns, taverns.
Population between two wars
In the revolutionary and early post-revolutionary years, the population of Lysok continued to grow; in the difficult years, people accumulate in large cities and transport hubs, where there is at least some opportunity to earn money. In 1931, after the annexation of the village of Novopokrovskoye, 13, 600 people lived in the working village. Soviet industrialization significantly increased freight traffic, and new enterprises for the repair and maintenance of rail transportation were created. The population of Liski, Voronezh region, continued to grow at the expense of rural residents and specialists from other regions of the country.
According to the 1939 All-Union Census, 25, 500 people lived in the pristine settlement. The growth compared to the previous mark was about 50%. During the war years, the working village was located directly on the front line, the Hungarian units captured the right bank, directly opposite the Liski station.
