Bochechky

Bochechky
Бочечки
The palace of the Lvov princely family in Bochechky
Bochechky
Location of Bochechky in Sumy Oblast
Bochechky
Location of Bochechky in Ukraine
Coordinates: 51°18′00″N 33°24′39″E / 51.30000°N 33.41083°E / 51.30000; 33.41083
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
Raion Konotop Raion
HromadaBochechky rural hromada
First mentioned1659
Population
1,679

Bochechky (Ukrainian: Бочечки) is a village in Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Bochechky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,679 (as of 2023).[1]

History

Bochechky was first mentioned in 1659.[2] Prior to the Emancipation reform of 1861 the majority of villagers were serfs under the Byrdyn, Lvov, or Yazuchevskyi families.[3] The Lvov family historically owned an 18th-century palace.[2]

Following the establishment of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, two kolkhozes were established in Bochechky. Two more were established between 1930 and 1931, as was a theatre and a library. 850 residents of the village died during World War II.[3]

Notable people

  • Anatolii Davydov, Ukrainian writer.
  • Lidia Kovalenko, Ukrainian journalist and historian of the Holodomor.
  • Pavlo Mokrous, Ukrainian engineer and bibliographer
  • Pavlo Prykhodchenko, Ukrainian Soviet politician

References

  1. ^ "Бочечківська громада" [Bochechky hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Бочечки" [Bochechky]. Travel Ukraine & World (in Ukrainian). 22 January 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Історія населених пунктів району" [History of inhabited locations in the Raion]. Konotop Raion (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.