Khmeliv (Ukrainian: Хмелів) is a village in Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Khmeliv rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of 1,540 (As of 2024[update]).[1]
Khmeliv
Хмелів | |
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 Monument to Soviet soldiers of World War II in Khmeliv | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Khmeliv Location of Khmeliv in Sumy Oblast  Khmeliv Location of Khmeliv in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 50°53′25″N 33°29′09″E / 50.89028°N 33.48583°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Sumy Oblast |
| Raion |  Romny Raion |
| Hromada | Khmeliv rural hromada |
| First mentioned | 18th century |
| Population | 1,540 |
History edit
Khmeliv was first mentioned in the early 18th century. The village's inhabitants took part in the Russian Revolution of 1905, and the village was later occupied by the Red Army in January 1918.[2] During the Holodomor, at least 160 residents of the village died.[3] A further 217 residents died during World War II.[2]
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Khmeliv took in refugees from other parts of Ukraine.[4]
Notable people edit
- Valentyn Bugrym, journalist.
- Volodymyr Fedko, economist.
- Vasyl Kalynovskyi, soldier.
- Petro Kharchenko, writer.
- Viktor Klymenko, hematologist.
- Andrii Kubakh, poet and journalist.
- Klyment Kvitka, musicologist and ethnographer.
- Mykola Olefir, oil and gas executive.
- Mykola Rokytianskyi, Ukrainian-American professor.
- Ivan Severyn, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Petro Shkliarevych, aristocrat and politician.
- Ruslan Sulymenko, lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Petro Vovna, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Sava Zerkal, Ukrainian independence activist.
References edit
- ^ "Хмелівська громада" [Khmeliv hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Хмелів, Роменський район, Сумська область" [Khmeliv, Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages in the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Хмелів, Роменський район, Cумська область" [Khmeliv, Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast]. National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Хмелівська громада прийняла у себе три родини переселенців + ФОТО" [Khmeliv hromada takes in three resettled families + PHOTOS]. Romny 24. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.