Nyzhnia Syrovatka (Ukrainian: Нижня Сироватка) is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Nyzhnia Syrovatka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 3,717 (as of 2024).[1]

Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Нижня Сироватка
Flag of Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Coat of arms of Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Nyzhnia Syrovatka is located in Sumy Oblast
Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Location of Nyzhnia Syrovatka in Sumy Oblast
Nyzhnia Syrovatka is located in Ukraine
Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Nyzhnia Syrovatka
Location of Nyzhnia Syrovatka in Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°46′53″N 34°50′17″E / 50.78139°N 34.83806°E / 50.78139; 34.83806
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
Raion Sumy Raion
HromadaNyzhnia Syrovatka rural hromada
Established1659
Population
3,717

History

edit

Nyzhnia Syrovatka was founded in 1659. Its residents participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905, as well as protests against World War I. Red Army soldiers occupied the village in January 1918.[2]

130 inhabitants of the village died in the Holodomor.[3]

1,024 inhabitants of Nyzhnia Syrovatka fought for the Red Army in World War II. Following the war, four memorials to Soviet soldiers were constructed in the village.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Нижньосироватська громада" [Nyzhnia Syrovatka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Нижня Сироватка, Сумський район, Сумська область" [Nyzhnia Syrovatka, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ Ivanushchenko, Hennadii (8 November 2020). "Книги РАЦС про смерть в 1932-1933 рр. Сумська область (повна електронна база даних)" [The Registers of Civil Status Records for 1932-1933, Sumy region (a complete electronic database)]. Sumy Historical Portal (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.