Schewtschenkowe (Konotop)
| Shevchenkoe | |||
| Шевченкове | |||
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| Oblast : | Sumy Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Rajon Konotop | ||
| Height : | 140 m | ||
| Area : | Information is missing | ||
| Residents : | 650 (2001) | ||
| Postcodes : | 41667 | ||
| Area code : | +380 5547 | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 6 ′ N , 33 ° 15 ′ E | ||
| KOATUU : | 5922089001 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 2 villages | ||
| Address: | вул. Миру буд. 1 41667 с. Шевченкове |
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| Website : | City council website | ||
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Schewtschenkowe ( Ukrainian Шевченкове ; Russian Шевченково Shevchenko ) is a village in the Ukrainian Sumy Oblast with 650 inhabitants (2001).
The village, first mentioned in writing in the middle of the 18th century, was called Hyriwka / Hyrjawka ( Гирівка / Гирявка ) until 1923 . On the occasion of a visit by the Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko to the Lasarevskyj family living in the village in 1859, the village was renamed Shevchenko on March 10, 1923.
Shevchenkoe is the administrative center of the district council of the same name in Konotop district , to which the village of Torhowyzja ( Торговиця , ⊙ ) with about 50 inhabitants belongs.
The village is located on the regional road P-60 (the former territorial road T-19-04 ) and on the bank of the canal that connects the rivers Romen and Kukolka ( Куколка ).
Shevchenko is located 20 km south of the Konotop district center and about 120 km west of the Sumy oblast center .
Sons and daughters of the village
- Oleksandr Lasarewskyj (1834–1902), Ukrainian historian and Shevchenko biographer
- Wassyl Lasarewskyj (1817–1890), Ukrainian writer and translator
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on March 7, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Local history of Shevchenko in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on March 7, 2018 (Ukrainian)