The station, like the village (8 km from the station), got its name from the river Boromlia (from the words "bir" (certain type of forest) and "imla" (mist)), because around the river there are dense forests and in the valley there often was mist.

[3] Anton Chekhov mentioned the station in his letters, comparing Boromlia with small and quiet villages on a trip across the Urals, where there are mostly industrial cities that are noisy.

During the turbulent 20th century the station was destroyed, and to this day no historic building has survived, except for the barracks for railroad workers.

It was then captured by German troops and liberated on 10 August 1943 during the Battle of Kursk.

The mass grave located near the station, where 66 soldiers who defended their native land are buried, reminds of these events.