Staryi Bykiv ( uk, Старий Биків) is a village in
Nizhyn Raion in
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 ...
of northern
Ukraine. It belongs to , 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.
Staryi Bykiv was previously located in
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 ...
until it was abolished on 18 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.
It was captured by Russian forces during the
2022 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 ...
.On 27 February Russian troops destroyed the bridge between Staryi Bykiv and
Novyi Bykiv
Novyi Bykiv (, ) is a village in Nizhyn Raion of Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Nova Basan rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population is 2,024 (2006).
History
The earliest known references on Novyi Bykiv is ...
, proceeding to enter the village. According to
Human Rights Watch, Russian then rounded up six male villagers and had them
summarily executed. The villagers' bodies were allowed to be buried in 7 March.
The soldiers left on 31 March. ''
The Guardian'' said that three or four additional executions had taken place and that the local school had been destroyed. Much of the property in Staryi Bykiv and Novyi Bykiv was damaged or destroyed.
Population
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the
2001 census:
[https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/]
References
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Villages in Nizhyn Raion