Myropillia, Sumy Oblast Explained

Official Name:Myropillia
Native Name:Миропілля
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Myropillia in Sumy Oblast##Location of Myropillia in Ukraine
Coordinates:51.0236°N 35.2586°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2: Sumy Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Myropillia rural hromada
Established Title:Established
Population:2,873

Myropillia (Ukrainian: Миропілля, pronounced as /uk/) is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Myropillia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Its population is 2,873 (as of 2001).

History

Myropillia was established around 1650 by immigrants from Volhynia. According to local legend, the settlement was named for a local river known as the Myrna Pilka, which dried up around the time of alleged 15th- and 16th-century settlement. Myropillia was granted the status of a city in 1670, and had within the of the Cossack Hetmanate. By the beginning of the 20th century, Myropillia had a population of nearly 20,000, but much of them either perished or left as a result of collectivisation, the Holodomor, and World War II.[2]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Myropillia's location five kilometres from the Russia–Ukraine border has led to significant problems for the village. Village infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked by Russian forces, and, according to local activist Tetiana Nahulova, as much as 60% of the population has fled.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Myropillia has a population of 2,873. 95.61% of respondents to the 2001 census in Myropillia stated that their native language was Ukrainian. Of the remainder, 4.07% stated that their native language was Russian, 0.17% said that their native language was Armenian, and 0.03% each answered that their native language was Belarusian, Moldovan (Romanian), or German.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. Web site: Миропільська територіальна громада . Myropillia territorial hromada . 16 April 2024 . decentralization.ua . uk.
  2. Web site: Bondarenko . Andrii . Миропілля . Myropillia . 16 April 2024 . Ukraina Incognita . uk.
  3. News: Dovbnia . Khrystyna . Voronenko . Valeriia . 6 November 2023 . "Близько 60% населення виїхало" — як живе прикордонне Миропілля на Сумщині . "Nearly 60% of the population has fled": How Myropillia lives on Sumshchyna's border . 16 April 2024 . . uk.
  4. Web site: Банк даних . Databank . 16 April 2024 . . uk.