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[update]).[1]
Popivka
Попівка | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Popivka Location of Popivka in Sumy Oblast  Popivka Location of Popivka in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 51°14′01″N 33°06′55″E / 51.23361°N 33.11528°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Sumy Oblast |
| Raion |  Konotop Raion |
| Hromada | Popivka rural hromada |
| First mentioned | 17th century |
| Population | 1,679 |
History edit
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 edit
- Mykhailo Hudenko, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Anatoly Kovarsky, Soviet agronomist, geneticist, and botanist
- Fyodor Leontovich, Russian lawyer and professor
- Pavlo Suprun, Ukrainian kobzar and pianist
- Stepan Osypenko, member of the Central Rada
References edit
- ^ "Попівська громада" [Popivka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Попівка, Конотопський район, Сумська область" [Popivka, Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast]. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ 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.