Pishchane | |||||||
Native Name: | Піщане | ||||||
Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||
Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||
Coordinates: | 49.5683°N 37.8328°W | ||||||
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast | ||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Pishchane shown within Ukraine##Pishchane shown within Kharkiv | ||||||
Population Total: | 528 | ||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Kharkiv Oblast | ||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Kupiansk Raion | ||||||
Subdivision Name3: | Petropavlivka rural hromada | ||||||
Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
Postal Code: | 63743 | ||||||
Elevation M: | 94 | ||||||
Established Title: | Founded | ||||||
Established Date: | 1650 | ||||||
Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||
Area Code: | +380 5742 | ||||||
Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||
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Pishchane (Ukrainian: Піщане) is a village in Petropavlivka rural hromada, Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The population was 528 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[1]
The village was founded in 1650.
As part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the village was occupied by Russia in the early stages of the invasion but liberated by Ukraine during their 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive. The village was claimed by a Russian milblogger to have came under Russian pressure again in June 2024[2] and was entered by Russian troops and became contested again on 6 July 2024.[3] On 20 July, the village was confirmed to have been captured by Russia.[4]