Popivka (), is a village in northeastern
Ukraine, located in
Okhtyrka Raion
Okhtyrka Raion ( uk, Охтирський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Okhtyrka. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, th ...
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 ...
. The village is on the banks of the
Vorsklytsia River, and is located on the
Russian-Ukrainian Border.
History
The exact date of the founding of the village was never known, but is estimated to be around late 18th century.
In 1917, the village was captured by the Soviet army during the
Russian Civil War, becoming part of the
Soviet Union. During the
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 1932–1933, almost 300 residents in the village died as a result of mass starvation. During the
German-Soviet War, the village was occupied by
Wehrmacht forces from October 1941 to August 1943, when it was liberated by Soviet forces during the
Soviet counteroffensive in northeastern Ukraine.
In April 2022, even after the Russians' retreat from northern Ukraine, the Russian military fired shells into the village's vicinity.
Languages spoken
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Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
: 95.01%
*
Russian: 4.62%
* Others: 0.18%
References
External links
ПопівкаПогода в селі Попівка(Archived)
Villages in Okhtyrka Raion
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