Mykolaivka ( uk, Миколаївка), previously Mykolaivka-Vyrivska (until 1957) and later Zhovtneve (1957-2016) is an
urban type settlement in
Sumy Raion
Sumy Raion ( uk, Сумський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong ...
of
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) in eastern
Ukraine. Population:
History
During
World War II it was under German occupation.
Urban-type settlement since 1957.
In January 1989 the population was 4768 people.
In January 2013 the population was 4350 people.
The settlement was called Zhovtneve, to commemorate the
October Revolution, until 2016. On 19 May 2016,
Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervone to Esman according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
References
Urban-type settlements in Sumy Raion
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