Korotoyak, Voronezh Oblast

Korotoyak (Russian: Коротояк) is a rural locality (a selo) in Ostrogozhsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia,[1] located on the right bank of the Don River.

[citation needed] It was established in 1642 as one of the forts in the Belgorod Defensive Line.

[citation needed] The name is derived from the Korotoyachka River which enters the Don nearby.

[citation needed] Some of the first Russian warships were built in Korotoyak ca. 1700.

Peter the Great is known to have inspected the local shipbuilding yard in person.

The coat of arms of Korotoyak was adopted in 1781