Popivka, Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast

Popivka
Попівка
village
Coat of arms of Popivka
Coat of arms
Popivka is located in Sumy Oblast
Popivka
Popivka
Location of Popivka in Sumy Oblast
Popivka is located in Ukraine
Popivka
Popivka
Location of Popivka in Ukraine
Coordinates: 51°14′01″N 33°06′55″E / 51.23361°N 33.11528°E / 51.23361; 33.11528
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
Raion Konotop Raion
HromadaPopivka rural hromada
First mentioned17th century
Population
1,679

Popivka (Ukrainian: Попівка; Russian: Поповка, romanized: Popovka) is a village in Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the capital of Popivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 4,345 (as of 2023).[1]

History

Popivka was first mentioned in the first half of the 17th century. It became part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in November 1917. 1,103 residents of the village were killed during World War II by Nazi German forces.[2]

Popivka is locally notable for its "Journalist Street", which commemorates local journalists. It is the only monument to journalists in all of Sumy Oblast as of 2014.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Попівська громада" [Popivka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Попівка, Конотопський район, Сумська область" [Popivka, Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast]. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ Vertil, Oleksandr; Lysyi, Ihor (6 June 2014). "35 років тому в селі Попівка, що неподалік Конотопа, з'явилася вулиця Журналістів — на честь земляків, які присвятили себе роботі у ЗМІ" [Journalist Street was established 35 years ago in Popivka, near Konotop - in honour of residents who devoted themselves to news careers]. Cabinet Courier (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.