Krasnopillia ( uk, Краснопілля) is an
urban-type settlement in
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 ...
(province), located in the historic region of the
Sloboda Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative seat of
Krasnopillia Raion
Krasnopillia Raion ( uk, Краснопільський район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast, Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Krasnopillia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part ...
, but is now within Sumy Raion. The settlement is away from
Sumy, the regional center, and has a population of
Location
The town is located near the
Syrovatka River Syrovatka may refer to:
* Syrovátka
Syrovátka is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central ...
which is a left tributary of the
Psel River. Krasnopillia is situated in a close proximity to the
Russia–Ukraine border.
History
The town appeared in 1640 as a fort of the ''
Belgorod Defense Line'' which
Russian forces
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the Military, military forces of Russia. In terms of Active duty, active-duty personnel, they are the List of countries by number of milita ...
erected in
Sloboda Ukraine to secure state southern borders from raids of Crimean Tatars and Nogais. Eventually the town developed into a district center of the Sumy Regiment which also served as a regional subdivision of the
Sloboda Ukraine. After disbanding the regimental administrative division in 1765, Krasnopillya became a
sloboda
A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...
and a seat of
volost (a county subdivision).
In 1901, a
railway station was built in Krasnopillya. The town suffered from the Soviet
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 ...
in Ukraine.
During
World War II it was under German occupation from October 15, 1941 to 1943.
Krasnopillya became an
urban-type settlement in 1956.
In January 1989 the population was 9469 people.
In January 2013 the population was 8355 people.
Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.93
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Transportation
Krasnopillya railway station
Krasnopillia (Ukrainian: Краснопілля) is a railway station in Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Rus ...
is located on the railway which connects Sumy and Belgorod in Russia crossing the Russian border in Pushkarne. There is infrequent local traffic between Sumy and Pushkarne. There is no passenger traffic across the border.
Notable people
* Oleksandr Lebedenko (born 1989), footballer
* Valentyna Semerenko (born 1986), biathlete
* Vita Semerenko
Vita Semerenko ( uk, Віта Олександрівна Семеренко; born 18 January 1986) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, Olympic medalist and multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the ...
(born 1986), biathlete
References
External links
Krasnopillya town news portal
Krasnopillya
at gallerua.com
Krasnopillya
at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
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Urban-type settlements in Sumy Raion
Akhtyrsky Uyezd