Nyzhnia Syrovatka

Nyzhnia Syrovatka Нижня Сироватка
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Coordinates: 50°46′53″N 34°50′17″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy Oblast
Raion	Sumy Raion
Hromada	Nyzhnia Syrovatka rural hromada
Established	1659
Population	3,717

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^[update]).[1]

History

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

1. "Нижньосироватська громада" [Nyzhnia Syrovatka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
2. "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.