Official Name: | Popivka |
Native Name: | Попівка |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Popivka in Sumy Oblast##Location of Popivka in Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 51.2336°N 33.1153°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Konotop Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Popivka rural hromada |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 17th century |
Population: | 1,679 |
Popivka (Ukrainian: Попівка; Russian: Поповка|translit=Popovka) is a village in Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the capital of Popivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 4,345 .[1]
Popivka was first mentioned in the first half of the 17th century. It became part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in November 1917. 1,103 residents of the village were killed during World War II by Nazi German forces.[2]
Popivka is locally notable for its "Journalist Street", which commemorates local journalists. It is the only monument to journalists in all of Sumy Oblast as of 2014.[3]