Stepanivka (, ) is a

rural settlement The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...

Sumy Raion Sumy Raion () is a raion (district) in Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which was formerly administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance until 2020. Population: On 18 ...

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presid ...

, in north-eastern

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. It is located on the left bank of the

Sumka The National Socialist Workers Party of Iran (), better known by its abbreviation SUMKA (), was a Neo-Nazi party in Iran. The symbol of the party was a highly stylised Faravahar, on their flag appearing in a similar arrangement to the NSDAP flag ...

, a right tributary of the Psel, in the

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of the Dnieper. Stepanivka hosts the administration of Stepanivka settlement hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population: Until 26 January 2024, Stepanivka was designated

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. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Stepanivka became a rural settlement.

Economy

Transportation

Toropylivka railway station is located in the settlement, on the railway connecting

Vorozhba Vorozhba (, ) is a city in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, in north-eastern Ukraine. Population: In May 2025, the city's population remains at about 2,000. Geography Vorozhba is situated on the left bank of the Vyr River. Adjacent upstream is the to ...

with

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via

Sumy Sumy (, , ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel (river), Psel River and has a population of making it the 23rd-largest in the country. The city ...

. There is infrequent passenger traffic. Stepanivka has road access to Sumy and to

Konotop Konotop ( ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion within the oblast. Konotop is located about from Sumy, the administrative center of the oblast. It is host to Konotop Ai ...

via Terny.

References

{{authority control Rural settlements in Sumy Raion