Bochechky
Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
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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[update]).[1]
Bochechky
Бочечки | |
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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 | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Sumy Oblast |
| Raion |  Konotop Raion |
| Hromada | Bochechky rural hromada |
| First mentioned | 1659 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,679 |
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
