Sopych
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{{Short description|Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Sopych
| native_name = Сопич
| settlement_type = [[Village (Ukraine)|Village]]
| image_skyline = Миколаївська церква село Сопич Глухівщтна.jpg
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Sumy Oblast]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Shostka Raion]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Esman settlement hromada]]
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| elevation_m = 181
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| population_total = 763{{cite web|url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A0501_07_059&ti=19A0501_07_059.%20Number%20of%20actual%20population%20in%20rural%20areas,%20Sumska%20oblast%20(1,2,3,4)&path=../Database/Census/01/02/&lang=2&multilang=en|title=Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)|access-date=26 April 2026}}
| population_as_of = 2001
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'''Sopych''' is a village in [[Ukraine]], in [[Esman settlement hromada]], [[Shostka Raion]], [[Sumy Oblast]]. Until 2020, the local government body was {{ill|Sopych Village Council|uk|Сопицька сільська рада}}. As of 2010, the chairman of the village council was Vasyl Timofeevich Ushachev.
==Geography==
The village of Sopych is located on the right bank of the [[Kleven (river)|Kleven River]], upstream is the village of {{ill|Nekislytsia|ru|Некислица}} ([[Sevsky District]], [[Bryansk Oblast]], [[Russia]]), downstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of {{ill|Potapivka|ru|Потапівка}}. A drying stream flows through the village. The M02 E101 highway passes nearby. The border with Russia runs along the river.
The village is located 44 km from the city of [[Hlukhiv]] on the border of three oblasts: [[Sumy Oblast]], [[Kursk Oblast]] and Bryansk Oblast.
==History==
Sopych has been known since the middle of the 16th century. In the 17th century it belonged to Hetman [[Ivan Samoylovych]]. On June 5, 1750, it was transferred to the possession of Hetman [[Kirill Razumovsky]].
In 1917, it has been part of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]], and since April 1918, it has been part of the Ukrainian State of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky. In 1921, the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] gained control of the village, which was resisted by local residents.
The village suffered as a result of the [[Holodomor]] carried out by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1923–1933 and in 1946–1947, which resulted in at least 206 villagers dying.{{cite web|title=Сопич|website=Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні»|url=http://194.44.11.173:8099/pt?pt=5645|publisher=[[Ukrainian Institute of National Memory]]|access-date=18 June 2020|url-status=dead|language=Ukrainian}}
On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 723-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Sumy Region", it became part of the Esman settlement hromada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmu.gov.ua/npas/pro-viznachennya-administrativnih-centriv-ta-zatverdzhennya-teritorij-teritorialnih-gromad-sumskoyi-oblasti-723-120620|title=Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Сумської області|website=www.kmu.gov.ua|language=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201756/https://www.kmu.gov.ua/npas/pro-viznachennya-administrativnih-centriv-ta-zatverdzhennya-teritorij-teritorialnih-gromad-sumskoyi-oblasti-723-120620|archive-date=25 October 2021|access-date=2026-02-13}}
On July 19, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and the liquidation of the [[Hlukhiv Raion]], the village became part of the newly formed Shostka Raion.{{Cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text|title=Постанова Верховної Ради України від|language=Ukrainian|access-date=2026-02-13|date=2020-01-17|number=723-р}}
===Russo-Ukrainian War===
On August 1, 2024, Russian forces struck the village with an FPV drone. A community resident was injured. A residential building in the village was also damaged by shelling.{{Cite web|url=https://debaty.sumy.ua/news/u-seli-sopich-vnaslidok-ataki-fpv-drona-poranena-lyudina|title=У селі Сопич внаслідок атаки FPV-дрона поранена людина|website=debaty.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-02|access-date=2026-04-26}}
On August 10, 2024, Russians forces shelled the village with mortars, damaging 2 private houses, the [[Operational Command North]] reported.{{Cite web|url=https://debaty.sumy.ua/news/u-bilovodah-hotinskoyi-gromadi-vnaslidok-udaru-kabom-zrujnuvano-navchalnij-zaklad|title=У Біловодах Хотінської громади внаслідок удару КАБом зруйновано навчальний заклад|website=debaty.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-11|access-date=2026-04-26}}
On August 22, 2024, at about noon, another Russian shelling took place. Village residents born in 1950 and 1957 — Volodymyr Onishchenko and Vasyl Oleksienko — were killed. Valentina Oleksienko, the latter’s wife, was wounded. People were in the garden at the time of the shelling.{{Cite web|url=http://dancor.sumy.ua/news/newsline/506954|title=В Есманській громаді на Сумщині рашисти вбили двох чоловіків {{!}} Данкор онлайн {{!}} Сумской информационный портал: все новости Сумщины|website=dancor.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-22|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://mezha.city/news/6648/|title=На Глухівщині росіяни вбили двох людей, ще одну – поранено|website=НА МЕЖІ|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-22|access-date=2026-04-26}}
On August 28, 2024, the team of the rapid response unit of the Sumy regional organization of the [[Ukrainian Red Cross Society]] and [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Crescent Movement]] managed to evacuate 57 people from the village of Sopych yesterday. Among them were four people with limited mobility and ten elderly people. The village is currently at a very high level of danger due to shelling. Volunteers made four trips to pick up everyone who had made a decision at that time and was ready to evacuate. Everyone was taken to the city of Hlukhiv. Then 13 people from among the evacuees were taken to the regional center.{{Cite web|url=http://dancor.sumy.ua/news/newsline/507818|title=Сумський Червоний хрест евакуював 57 людей з прикордоння Глухівщини (відео) {{!}} Данкор онлайн {{!}} Сумской информационный портал: все новости Сумщины|website=dancor.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-29|access-date=2026-04-26}}
As of March 6, 2026, the Russians occupied the village of Sopych.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/03/07/8024404/|title=Росіяни окупували село Сопич на Сумщині – DeepState|website=Українська правда|language=Ukrainian|date=2026-03-07|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://deepstatemap.live/en#14/51.8488395/34.3630028|title=DeepStateMAP | Map of the war in Ukraine|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{cite web | title=Assessed Control of Terrain along Ukraine\’s Northeastern Border, March 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET | website=Institute for the Study of War | date=6 March 2026 | url=https://understandingwar.org/map/assessed-control-of-terrain-along-ukraines-northeastern-border-march-6-2026-at-130-pm-et/ | ref={{sfnref|Institute for the Study of War|2025}} | access-date=26 April 2026}} After that, they kidnapped and took the residents to the Russia. A report with 19 kidnapped Ukrainians was shown on Russian television, these people refused to evacuate and remained in the border village, despite the occupation.{{Cite web|url=https://kordon.media/19-lyudej-iz-sopycha-v-rosiyi-czyvilnyh-pokazaly-na-propagandystskomu-kanali-vyesti/|title=Зниклі мешканці Сопича: російські військові вивезли їх до Брянської області – Kordon Media|language=Ukrainian|date=2026-03-06|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/rosiyani-vikrali-i-vivezli-zhiteliv-shche-1772788846.html|title=Росіяни викрали і вивезли жителів ще одного села на Сумщині, - ЗМІ|website=РБК-Украина|language=Ukrainian|date=2026-03-06|access-date=2026-04-26}}
==Population==
According to the [[2001 Ukrainian census]], the village's population was 763 people. The main languages of the village were:{{cite web|url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_02_059&ti=19A050501_02_059.%20Distribution%20of%20the%20population%20by%20native%20language,%20Sumska%20oblast%20(1,2,3,4)&path=../Database/Census/05/02/01/&lang=2&multilang=en|title=Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)|access-date=26 April 2026}}
* [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] 4.32%
* [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian]] 95.68%
As of May 2025, the population of Sopych was 22 people{{Cite web|url=https://hlukhiv.city/articles/419947/v-esmanskij-gromadi-lishayetsya-menshe-10-naselennya-yaka-situaciya-tam-intervyu-ii-ochilnika|title=В Есманьській громаді лишається менше 10% населення: яка ситуація там — інтерв’ю її очільника|website=Глухів.City|language=Ukrainian|date=2025-05-20|access-date=2026-04-26}}
==Notable people==
The following was born in the village:
*{{ill|Fedir Avdeev|uk|Авдєєв Федір Степанович}} (1883–1950) - A [[Doctor of Sciences|Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences]], Professor, Rector of [[Orel State University]] (1992–2013).
*[[Oleksander Hrekov]] - A Ukrainian military figure, colonel-general of the UNR Army.
*Morgunov Oleksandr Ivanovich - A Ukrainian soldier, a participant in the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]].{{Cite web|url=https://shostka.info/shostkanews/u-shostkynskomu-rajoni-vidkryly-pam-yati/|title=У Шосткинському районі відкрили Алею пам’яті - SHOSTKA.INFO :: интернет газета Шостка. Новости Шостка|website=ШОСТКА.INFO|language=Ukrainian|date=2023-12-30|access-date=2026-04-26}}
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Shostka Raion]]
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'''Sopych''' is a village in [[Ukraine]], in [[Esman settlement hromada]], [[Shostka Raion]], [[Sumy Oblast]]. Until 2020, the local government body was {{ill|Sopych Village Council|uk|Сопицька сільська рада}}. As of 2010, the chairman of the village council was Vasyl Timofeevich Ushachev.
==Geography==
The village of Sopych is located on the right bank of the [[Kleven (river)|Kleven River]], upstream is the village of {{ill|Nekislytsia|ru|Некислица}} ([[Sevsky District]], [[Bryansk Oblast]], [[Russia]]), downstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of {{ill|Potapivka|ru|Потапівка}}. A drying stream flows through the village. The M02 E101 highway passes nearby. The border with Russia runs along the river.
The village is located 44 km from the city of [[Hlukhiv]] on the border of three oblasts: [[Sumy Oblast]], [[Kursk Oblast]] and Bryansk Oblast.
==History==
Sopych has been known since the middle of the 16th century. In the 17th century it belonged to Hetman [[Ivan Samoylovych]]. On June 5, 1750, it was transferred to the possession of Hetman [[Kirill Razumovsky]].
In 1917, it has been part of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]], and since April 1918, it has been part of the Ukrainian State of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky. In 1921, the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] gained control of the village, which was resisted by local residents.
The village suffered as a result of the [[Holodomor]] carried out by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1923–1933 and in 1946–1947, which resulted in at least 206 villagers dying.{{cite web|title=Сопич|website=Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні»|url=http://194.44.11.173:8099/pt?pt=5645|publisher=[[Ukrainian Institute of National Memory]]|access-date=18 June 2020|url-status=dead|language=Ukrainian}}
On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 723-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Sumy Region", it became part of the Esman settlement hromada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmu.gov.ua/npas/pro-viznachennya-administrativnih-centriv-ta-zatverdzhennya-teritorij-teritorialnih-gromad-sumskoyi-oblasti-723-120620|title=Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Сумської області|website=www.kmu.gov.ua|language=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025201756/https://www.kmu.gov.ua/npas/pro-viznachennya-administrativnih-centriv-ta-zatverdzhennya-teritorij-teritorialnih-gromad-sumskoyi-oblasti-723-120620|archive-date=25 October 2021|access-date=2026-02-13}}
On July 19, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and the liquidation of the [[Hlukhiv Raion]], the village became part of the newly formed Shostka Raion.{{Cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text|title=Постанова Верховної Ради України від|language=Ukrainian|access-date=2026-02-13|date=2020-01-17|number=723-р}}
===Russo-Ukrainian War===
On August 1, 2024, Russian forces struck the village with an FPV drone. A community resident was injured. A residential building in the village was also damaged by shelling.{{Cite web|url=https://debaty.sumy.ua/news/u-seli-sopich-vnaslidok-ataki-fpv-drona-poranena-lyudina|title=У селі Сопич внаслідок атаки FPV-дрона поранена людина|website=debaty.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-02|access-date=2026-04-26}}
On August 10, 2024, Russians forces shelled the village with mortars, damaging 2 private houses, the [[Operational Command North]] reported.{{Cite web|url=https://debaty.sumy.ua/news/u-bilovodah-hotinskoyi-gromadi-vnaslidok-udaru-kabom-zrujnuvano-navchalnij-zaklad|title=У Біловодах Хотінської громади внаслідок удару КАБом зруйновано навчальний заклад|website=debaty.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-11|access-date=2026-04-26}}
On August 22, 2024, at about noon, another Russian shelling took place. Village residents born in 1950 and 1957 — Volodymyr Onishchenko and Vasyl Oleksienko — were killed. Valentina Oleksienko, the latter’s wife, was wounded. People were in the garden at the time of the shelling.{{Cite web|url=http://dancor.sumy.ua/news/newsline/506954|title=В Есманській громаді на Сумщині рашисти вбили двох чоловіків {{!}} Данкор онлайн {{!}} Сумской информационный портал: все новости Сумщины|website=dancor.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-22|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://mezha.city/news/6648/|title=На Глухівщині росіяни вбили двох людей, ще одну – поранено|website=НА МЕЖІ|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-22|access-date=2026-04-26}}
On August 28, 2024, the team of the rapid response unit of the Sumy regional organization of the [[Ukrainian Red Cross Society]] and [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Crescent Movement]] managed to evacuate 57 people from the village of Sopych yesterday. Among them were four people with limited mobility and ten elderly people. The village is currently at a very high level of danger due to shelling. Volunteers made four trips to pick up everyone who had made a decision at that time and was ready to evacuate. Everyone was taken to the city of Hlukhiv. Then 13 people from among the evacuees were taken to the regional center.{{Cite web|url=http://dancor.sumy.ua/news/newsline/507818|title=Сумський Червоний хрест евакуював 57 людей з прикордоння Глухівщини (відео) {{!}} Данкор онлайн {{!}} Сумской информационный портал: все новости Сумщины|website=dancor.sumy.ua|language=Ukrainian|date=2024-08-29|access-date=2026-04-26}}
As of March 6, 2026, the Russians occupied the village of Sopych.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/03/07/8024404/|title=Росіяни окупували село Сопич на Сумщині – DeepState|website=Українська правда|language=Ukrainian|date=2026-03-07|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://deepstatemap.live/en#14/51.8488395/34.3630028|title=DeepStateMAP | Map of the war in Ukraine|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{cite web | title=Assessed Control of Terrain along Ukraine\’s Northeastern Border, March 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET | website=Institute for the Study of War | date=6 March 2026 | url=https://understandingwar.org/map/assessed-control-of-terrain-along-ukraines-northeastern-border-march-6-2026-at-130-pm-et/ | ref={{sfnref|Institute for the Study of War|2025}} | access-date=26 April 2026}} After that, they kidnapped and took the residents to the Russia. A report with 19 kidnapped Ukrainians was shown on Russian television, these people refused to evacuate and remained in the border village, despite the occupation.{{Cite web|url=https://kordon.media/19-lyudej-iz-sopycha-v-rosiyi-czyvilnyh-pokazaly-na-propagandystskomu-kanali-vyesti/|title=Зниклі мешканці Сопича: російські військові вивезли їх до Брянської області – Kordon Media|language=Ukrainian|date=2026-03-06|access-date=2026-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/rosiyani-vikrali-i-vivezli-zhiteliv-shche-1772788846.html|title=Росіяни викрали і вивезли жителів ще одного села на Сумщині, - ЗМІ|website=РБК-Украина|language=Ukrainian|date=2026-03-06|access-date=2026-04-26}}
==Population==
According to the [[2001 Ukrainian census]], the village's population was 763 people. The main languages of the village were:{{cite web|url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_02_059&ti=19A050501_02_059.%20Distribution%20of%20the%20population%20by%20native%20language,%20Sumska%20oblast%20(1,2,3,4)&path=../Database/Census/05/02/01/&lang=2&multilang=en|title=Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)|access-date=26 April 2026}}
* [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] 4.32%
* [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian]] 95.68%
As of May 2025, the population of Sopych was 22 people{{Cite web|url=https://hlukhiv.city/articles/419947/v-esmanskij-gromadi-lishayetsya-menshe-10-naselennya-yaka-situaciya-tam-intervyu-ii-ochilnika|title=В Есманьській громаді лишається менше 10% населення: яка ситуація там — інтерв’ю її очільника|website=Глухів.City|language=Ukrainian|date=2025-05-20|access-date=2026-04-26}}
==Notable people==
The following was born in the village:
*{{ill|Fedir Avdeev|uk|Авдєєв Федір Степанович}} (1883–1950) - A [[Doctor of Sciences|Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences]], Professor, Rector of [[Orel State University]] (1992–2013).
*[[Oleksander Hrekov]] - A Ukrainian military figure, colonel-general of the UNR Army.
*Morgunov Oleksandr Ivanovich - A Ukrainian soldier, a participant in the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]].{{Cite web|url=https://shostka.info/shostkanews/u-shostkynskomu-rajoni-vidkryly-pam-yati/|title=У Шосткинському районі відкрили Алею пам’яті - SHOSTKA.INFO :: интернет газета Шостка. Новости Шостка|website=ШОСТКА.INFO|language=Ukrainian|date=2023-12-30|access-date=2026-04-26}}
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[[Category:Villages in Shostka Raion]]
