Sobycheve
Village in Sumy, Ukraine
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Sobycheve (Ukrainian: Собичеве) is a village in Shostka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
Sobycheve
Собичеве | |
|---|---|
  Sobycheve  Sobycheve | |
| Coordinates: 51°48′59″N 33°41′38″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Sumy |
| Raion | Shostka Raion |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 641 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 41133 |
| Area code | +380 5449 |
Demographics
According to the 1989 census, the population of Sobycheve was 775 people, of whom 329 were men and 446 were women.[2]
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[3]
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 91.73 % |
| Russian | 7.93 % |
| Belarusian | 0.31 % |
Notable residents
Trokhym Lukashenko, the maternal grandfather of Alexander Lukashenko, was born in Sobycheve.[4]
