It was founded in 1681 by Vasily Livenets as an outpost settlement.[6]
The settlement now encompasses the site where the Battle of Nikolayevka (named according to the Second World War Italian military maps) was fought between Italian and Soviet forces in January 1943.
Geography
The village, crossed in the middle by the river Valuy, lies 25 km (16 mi) south of Biryuch, the district capital, and 47 km (29 mi) north of Valuyki. It is 75 km (47 mi) far from Ukrainianborder, in Kharkiv Oblast.
Белгородская областная Дума. Постановление №П/21-21-4 от 8 ноября 2007 г. «О перечнях населённых пунктов Белгородской области», в ред. Постановления №П/47-25-5 от 28 мая 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в Постановление Белгородской областной Думы от 8 ноября 2007 г. №П/21-21-4 "О перечнях населённых пунктов Белгородской области"». Опубликован: "Сборник нормативных правовых актов Белгородской области", №116, ноябрь 2007 г. (Belgorod Oblast Duma. Resolution #P/21-21-4 of November 8, 2007 On the Registries of the Inhabited Localities of Belgorod Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #P/47-25-5 of May 28, 2015 On Amending Resolution #P/21-21-4 of Belgorod Oblast Duma of November 8, 2007 "On the Registries of the Inhabited Localities of Belgorod Oblast". ).