Birky (; ) is a village in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, with a population of 2936 in 2001. Birky belongs to Zmiiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
1321 persons were recorded in 1864.Harkovskaya province. List of populated seats in Detail 1864 year (Список населенных мест по сведениям 1864 года). St. Petersburg, 1869 (in Russian) Railway opened in 1869. This was the site of the Borki train disaster in 1888, which nearly killed Emperor Alexander III of Russia. 2791 residents were living here in 1914.Kharkov e-calendar 1914(Издание губернской типографии). Edition hubernskoy Typography. Kharkiv. 1914 (in Russian)
Until 18 July 2020, Birky belonged to Zmiiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Zmiiv Raion was merged into Chuhuiv Raion.
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