Liski () is a town and the administrative center of Liskinsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Population:
History Liski was founded as Novaya Pokrovka () in 1571. The town later merged with the local train station, Liski, in 1928.
It was renamed Svoboda () in 1943, and later renamed as Liski.
It was renamed Georgiu-Dezh () in 1965 after the first Romanian communist leader, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, before returning to Liski again in 1990.Post-Soviet Geography, Volumul 34, V.H. Winston & Son, 1993, p. 648The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, Volume 43, Issues 1-16, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1991, p. 31The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia (10 v.), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983, p. 490Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile, Cornell University Press, 2008, p. 82
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 16 January 2025, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed to have struck an oil depot located in the town with at least 3 drones. On January 20 the oil depot was struck by drones again, causing an extensive fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Liski serves as the administrative center of Liskinsky District.Law #87-OZ As an administrative division, it, together with the khutor of Kalach in Liskinsky District, is incorporated into Liskinsky District as the Liski Urban Settlement. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is part of Liskinsky Municipal District.Law #85-OZ
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