Bochechky Explained

Official Name:Bochechky
Native Name:Бочечки
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bochechky in Sumy Oblast##Location of Bochechky in Ukraine
Coordinates:51.3°N 33.4108°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2: Konotop Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Bochechky rural hromada
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1659
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 .[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 .[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

References

  1. Web site: Бочечківська громада . Bochechky hromada . 31 December 2023 . gromada.info . uk.
  2. Web site: 22 January 2012 . Бочечки . Bochechky . 31 December 2023 . Travel Ukraine & World . uk.
  3. Web site: Історія населених пунктів району . History of inhabited locations in the Raion . 31 December 2023 . . uk.