Tsyrkuny () is a village in Kharkiv Raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at about north-east from the centre of Kharkiv city. It hosts the administration of Tsyrkuny rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Demographics The settlement had 6310 inhabitants in 2001, native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: Ukrainian: 75.88% Russian: 23.20% Belarusian: 0.25% Moldovan (Romanian): 0.22% Armenian: 0.17% other languages: 0.56%
Geography The village of Tsyrkuny is located northeast of Kharkiv, on the outskirts of the city. The village is located on the banks of the Kharkov River (Siverskyi Donets basin). Upstream, 1 km, is the village of Cherkassky Tyshky.Харківська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2021 р. Retrieved 29 June 2025
Tsyrkuny is located on the slopes of the Central Russian Upland, in the forest-steppe natural zone. The climate of the territory has a temperate continental type with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is +8.7 °C (in January -4.5, in July +22). The average annual precipitation is 520 mm. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in summer.Сегіда К. Ю., Редін В. І., Чабань М. Т. Географія Харківської області: «Економічна та соціальна географія». – Харків, 2012. – 56 с. Retrieved 29 June 2025
Around the village are summer cottages and broad-leaved and pine forests. To the southwest of the village passes the M03 highway (Kharkiv district road).
History The village was first mentioned in 1671.Кисиленко В. Ю. Нові дослідження щодо визначення часу заснування слобожанських сіл // Слобожанщина. Погляд у минуле — 2024: збірник науково-документальних праць. — Житомир: Бук-друк, 2024. — С.44-55. Retrieved 29 June 2025
According to data from 1864, the village had a population of 2,707 people (1,255 males and 1,452 females), 278 households, and an Orthodox church.Харьковская губернія. Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ по свѣдѣніямъ 1864 года, томъ XLVI. Изданъ Центральнымъ статистическимъ комитетомъ Министерства Внутренних Дѣлъ. СанктПетербургъ. 1869 Retrieved 29 June 2025
As of 1914, the number of inhabitants was 6,416 people.Харьковскій календарь на 1914 годѣ. Изданіе Харьковскаго Губернскаго Статистическаго Комитета. Харьковъ. Типографія Губернскаго Правленія. 1914. Retrieved 29 June 2025 During the Holodomor organized by the Soviet authorities in 1932-1933, at least 257 residents of the village died.
In September 2012, part of the village was included in the city of Kharkiv.
Russian occupation in 2022 On 24 February 2022, the village was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces, after which it became a stronghold for tank attacks on Kharkiv and artillery shelling of the Pivtsyncha Saltivka district. Russian media outlets present this as if the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shelling the village for no reason, ignoring the fierce fighting near the Kharkiv bypass. Residents are not allowed to evacuate to the territory controlled by Ukraine, and the delivery of humanitarian aid from there is also blocked. Instead, Russian military personnel are offering residents to evacuate to the occupying country. The Russian occupiers lost control of the village on 7 May 2022. The shelling of the village continued later.
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