Coat of arms of Boguchar

Boguchar (Russian: Богучар) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the Boguchar River (a tributary of the Don) 343 km south of Voronezh at 49°56′N, 40°33′E. Population: 13,756 (2002 Census); 8,499 (1989 Census). Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Voronezh Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Look up tributary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Don (Дон) is one of the major rivers of Russia. ... Voronezh (Russian: ) is a large city in southwestern Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The census officially recorded the popullation of the USSR at 286,717,000, making it the third most populous country in the world. ...

Town status since 1779.

The 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division of the Russian Ground Forces is based there. The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: ) are the land forces of the Russian Federation, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. ...