Velykyi Burluk
Velykyi Burluk (, ) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, in Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Velykyi Burluk rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History. Founded as the village of "Shevelivka" in 1656, later it was renamed Velykyi Burluk. It was a village in Volchansk uyezd of the Kharkov Governorate. A local newspaper has been published here since August 1931. During World War II, it was under German occupation from June 1942 to February 1943. It has been an urban-type settlement since 1963. In January 1989 the population was 5,224  people. In January 2013 the population was 4,053 people. Until 18 July 2020, Velykyi Burluk was the administrative center of Velykyi Burluk 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 Velykyi Burluk Raion was merged into Kupiansk Raion.