Bilopillia (, ; , translit.: ''Belopol`ye'') is a city and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Bilopillia Raion Bilopillia Raion ( uk, Білопільський район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the town of Bilopillia Bilopillia (, ; , translit.: ''Belopol`ye'') is a city and the ad ...

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...

of northeastern

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It is located close to

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. Population: The city's ancient name is Vyr.

Geography

Bilopillya railway station is situated in the south part of the city. Roads , , , and highway are present in the city.

History

Bilopillia was an important town in the Sumy Cossack regiment. It consisted of a town with 9 towers and a fort with 13 towers. In 1678 there were 53 Russian service people and 1,202 Cossacks. In 1681, the three villages of Krygu (in office),

Vorozhba Vorozhba (, ) is a city in Bilopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and north ...

(2 kilometers from the city), and Pavlivka (5 km from the city) were assigned to Bilopillia. Later, Bilopillia became a settlement (since 1791 – a town) in Sumskoy Uyezd in the

Kharkov Governorate The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: �xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. In 1933 Bilopillia Machine-Building Plant was built here. The settlement suffered as a result of the genocide of the Ukrainian people, conducted by the Government of the USSR in 1932–1933 and 1946–1947. At least 2,000 people died during the Soviet-organized

Holodomor The Holodomor ( uk, Голодомо́р, Holodomor, ; derived from uk, морити голодом, lit=to kill by starvation, translit=moryty holodom, label=none), also known as the Terror-Famine or the Great Famine, was a man-made famin ...

of 1932–1933. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, town was occupied by the

German Army The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...

from 8 October 1941 to 3 September 1943. In January 1989 the population was 19,746 people. In January 2013 the population was 16 731 people.Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.92
/ref>

Gallery

File:Білопілля-Птропавлівська церква.JPG, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Bilopillia File:Автостанція Білопілля.jpg, Bus station File:Вокзал ст. Білопілля.jpg, Bilopillia railway station File:Школа-інтернат (колишня чоловіча гімназія).JPG, School in Bilopillia

References

Cities in Sumy Oblast Sumskoy Uyezd Cities of district significance in Ukraine {{Sumy-geo-stub