Country Russia Rural okrug Khorinsky Rural Okrug Local time Monday 3:56 PM | Federal subject Sakha Republic Administrative center of Khorinsky Rural Okrug | |
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Administrative district Verkhnevilyuysky District Municipal district Verkhnevilyuysky Municipal District | ||
Khoro (Russian: Хоро́) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khorinsky Rural Okrug of Verkhnevilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from Verkhnevilyuysk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,221, up from 1,131 recorded during the 2002 Census.
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Map of Khoro, Sakha Republic, Russia, 678233
History
According to the legend, the area of modern Khoro was settled by the Khoro tribes from the Lena basin, who fled to this area to escape their Yakut oppressors. A locality here was first mentioned in written sources in connection with the annexation of Yakutia by the Russian Empire. In 1634, Russian Cossacks, headed by Voin Shakhov, established a winter settlement at the confluence of the Vilyuy and Tyuken Rivers. This settlement served as the seat of administration of the surrounding area for several decades, after which it was moved to the Yolyonnyokh area 45 kilometers (28 mi) down by the Vilyuy River, where the ostrog (fortified settlement) of Olensk (now Vilyuysk) was founded in 1773.
Modern Khoro was established in 1952 by merging four neighboring kolkhozes. Until 2003, the official name of the village was Bulgunnyakhtakh (Булгунняхтах); named so after the post office.