Semiluki is a town and the administrative center of Semiluksky District

Semiluksky District

Semiluksky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 32 in Voronezh Oblast, Russia....

 of Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on June 13, 1934.-Main rivers:*Don*Voronezh*Bityug*Khopyor-Economy:...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Don River. Population

History

It was founded in 1894 near the Semiluki railway station, which was named after the nearby village. In 1929, the main enterprise of the settlement, a factory of fireproof materials, was built. In 1931, Semiluki became the administrative center of Semiluksky District. In July 1942, it was occupied by Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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. It was liberated on January 25, 1943. A factory of fireproof materials was almost completely destroyed by the Nazis

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

. Town status was granted to Semiluki in 1954.