[6] Located on the Vorskla River (a tributary of the Dnieper), 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the east of the railway station Novoborisovka (in Lgov - Kharkov line).

Inside Borisovka village located fen reed-sedge marsh area of 48 hectares.

During the preparation of the Battle of Poltava Hotmyzhsk along with Belgorod was the rear base of Russian troops.

After the October revolution of 1917 settlement was transformed into Borisovka Village, which was a part of Graivoronsky District in Kursk Oblast.

On December 20, 2004, in accordance with the Law of the Belgorod Oblast number 159 the town was designated as a municipality Borisovka with urban settlement status.