Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Chertkovo.

49°23′N 40°10′E / 49.383°N 40.167°E / 49.383; 40.167

Chertkovo railway station
Coat of arms of Chertkovo

Chertkovo (Russian and Ukrainian: Чертково) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Chertkovsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: 10,814 (2010 Census);[1] 11,029 (2002 Census);[2] 10,751 (1989 Soviet census).[3]

It is separated from the urban-type settlement of Milove in Milove Raion of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine[4] partially by the North Caucasus Railway. The railway together with surrounding infrastructure is located on the Russian side of the border. Both localities were served by Chertkovo railway station until the Russo-Ukrainian War. A bypass avoiding the border was completed between Zhuravka and Millerovo in 2017 after which traffic to Chertkovo ceased. The railway station was liquidated in 2019.

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  4. ^ Ukraine crisis: Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia, BBC News (29 August 2015)