Novyi Bykiv (, ) is a village in
Nizhyn Raion
Nizhyn Raion ( uk, Ніжинський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Nizhyn. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the ...
of
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...
(
province
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) of
Ukraine
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. It belongs to
Nova Basan rural hromada
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, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
Population is 2,024 (2006).
History
The earliest known references on Novyi Bykiv is of 1621. The mounds of the
Bronze Age
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(II millennium B.C.) and
Gord of
Kievan Rus'
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(11th century) were found near the village.
Until 18 July 2020, Novyi Bykiv belonged to
Bobrovytsia Raion
Bobrovytsia Raion ( uk, Бобровицький район) was a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the city of Bobrovytsia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the a ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Bobrovytsia Raion was merged into Nizhyn Raion.
In 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, the village was occupied from February 26 to March 31. Russian military personnel committed a number of war crimes in the village: prohibition of people to move freely around the village, prohibition to bury the dead relatives in the cemetery, numerous cases of looting (robbery of shops and the population), destruction of housing and infrastructure (the school, hospital, kindergarten, filling station were destroyed or damaged), killing of at least three civilians, illegal capture of civilians. Victoria Andrusha (one of the two illegally captured persons) was released from captivity by exchange on September 29, 2022.
Ukraine exchanges 4 more marines and 2 civilians, 29 September 2022
Gallery
File:Палац баронеси Майендорф.jpg, alt=, The Meyendorff estate
File:Supiy-Novy-Bykiv-10-05-2009.jpg, alt=, Supiy River
References
Sources
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* [https://vivaldi.nlr.ru/ap000025807/view#page=7 Быковъ // Черниговскія Епархіальныя извѣстія. — 1872. Прибавленія. — с. 151—154 (№ 8, 15 апрѣля).">"Историко-статистическое описаніе Черниговской епархіи. Книга пятая. Губ. городъ Черниговъ. Уѣзды: Черниговскій, Козелецкій, Суражскій, Кролевецкій и Остерский. — Черниговъ, Земская типографія, 1874. — С. 254-256."
Быковъ // Черниговскія Епархіальныя извѣстія. — 1872. Прибавленія. — с. 151—154 (№ 8, 15 апрѣля).
{{Chernihiv Oblast
Kozeletsky Uyezd
Villages in Nizhyn Raion