Obrazhiivka ( uk, Ображіївка, russian: Ображиевка, Obrazhiyevka) is a village in
Shostka Raion
Shostka Raion ( uk, Шосткинський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Shostka. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Notable residents
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Ivan Kozhedub
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub (Russian: Иван Hикитович Кожедуб; Ukrainian: Іван Микитович Кожедуб; 8 June 1920 – 8 August 1991) was a Soviet World War II fighter ace. Universally credited with over 60 solo vict ...
, Hero of the Soviet Union
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Pyotr Bochek
Pyotr Semyonovich Bochek, ( uk, Петро Семенович Бочек; 3 March 1925 – 9 February 2018) was a junior lieutenant of the Soviet Army during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
He was born in the Obrazhiivka village, Uk ...
, Hero of the Soviet Union
References
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Villages in Shostka Raion