Sands (Dvurechansky district)

The village of Peski is located on the left bank of the Oskol River, adjoins the border with Russia , the Muravka River flows into the Oskol River and is located 2 km from Logachevka (Russia).

Between the village and the Oskol River there is a large estuary Lake Beloe , forests around the village (pine) are located, nearby is the Topoli railway station.

Nearby is the T-2109 highway.

• Near the village, a Neolithic settlement was discovered (4 millennium BC).
• The village of Sands was founded in 1720 .
• According to the data for 1864, it is said that "the village of Sands of Kupyansky district, a Kozatsky farm at wells, 151 yards, 516 men, 541 women. The population is Russian." Residents of Sand mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, beekeeping and fishing, as well as the production of tar and tar.
• On October 29, 1900, a church was opened in the village of Peski in honor and memory of the Ascension of the Lord. The church has not survived to this day.
• Soviet power was established in the village in January 1918 . After the formation of Soviet power, the landlord and kulak lands were transferred to the rural community.
• In 1923, the village of Peski administratively entered the Dvurechansky district of the Kupyansky district.
• In 1930, the first collective farm “Giant” was created - chairman Kolesnik Gavriil Pavlovich.
• In 1934, the Gigant farm was divided into 4 collective farms: Kalinin - chairman Ilyinov Fedor Petrovich, A.M. Gorky - chairman Vodolagin Alexander Fedorovich, newspaper Pravda - chairman Tinkov Arkhip Maksimovich and Krasny fighter - chairman Zolotarev Ilya Andreevich.
• The village of Peski liberated on February 2, 1943, the 6th Guards Cavalry Corps of Lieutenant General S.V. Sokolov. 199 villagers fought with the Nazi invaders on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, 97 of them died the death of the brave, 155 were awarded military orders and medals. In Sands, a monument was erected to Soviet soldiers who died in battles for the liberation of the village from the Nazis.
• The village of Peski from 1963 to 1965 was part of the Kupyansky district . December 8, 1965 Dvurechansky district was restored and the village became part of it.
• In 1961, an agricultural enterprise was organized from collective farms - the state farm "Topolskaya". In the 80s, 3 farms worked at the Topolskaya state farm: pig-breeding, dairy, poultry and feed mill. There was a large machine and tractor and combine park. There was a motor company. Cereals were grown. The first branch of the farm “Topolsky”, which was located in the village of Peski, was assigned 2226 hectares of agricultural land, of which 1226 hectares of arable land. Currently, 4 farms have been created.

• In the village there are dairy and poultry farms.

• School.
• Club.

The village of Peski is border, the State border of Ukraine with Russia passes nearby. There is a border crossing "Sands", a customs post. Pass - railway and highway Kupyansk-Valuyki.

On this territory there are unique geological and natural landscapes: chalk outcrops that are along the Oskol River. In order to preserve them, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine of December 11, 2009, the Dvurechansky National Nature Park was created. Among the variety of natural complexes of the national park, the chalky steppes, bayrack and floodplain oak forests, black forests and floodplain meadows can be distinguished. Such landscapes represent a harmonious system in which one can see the richness of flora and fauna.

The greatest scientific and environmental value of the national park is a strip of Cretaceous outcrops and their rare vegetation. The Cretaceous Mountains are part of a large Cretaceous massif, which was formed at the bottom of the ancient sea in the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic. This is the so-called "chalky shoulder" of the Voronezh granite shield. On the chalk slopes, relict (those that have remained from certain geological eras) and endemic (those that are found in a small number of places) plants have been preserved. In addition, virgin steppe plots are represented on the territory of the national park, these are natural territories, the number of which is limited and reduced. Therefore, the Park has become a habitat for a significant number of rare representatives of the animal and plant world. The list of protected species of different levels includes 81 species of plants and 30 species of animals of the Park. 27 representatives of the flora and 16 fauna are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. The animal and plant worlds are diverse.

• Mass grave of Soviet soldiers. 28 soldiers were buried.

• Website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine