| En Name: | Sychyovka |
| Ru Name: | Сычёвка |
| Coordinates: | 55.8333°N 51°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Image Coa: | Sychyovka COA (Smolensk Governorate) (1780).png |
| Federal Subject: | Smolensk Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Sychyovsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Sychyovskoye |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Urban settlement |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Sychyovsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Sychyovsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Sychyovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Area Km2: | 11.03 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 8111 |
| Established Date: | 1488 |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Current Cat Date: | 1776 |
| Postal Codes: | 215279, 215280 |
Sychyovka (Russian: Сычёвка) is a town and the administrative center of Sychyovsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located between the Vazuza and Losmina Rivers, 234km (145miles) northeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
The name of the town derives from the Russian word "Russian: сыч" (sych), which literally means "little owl", but can also mean "a gloomy person".
It was first mentioned in 1488 as a votchina of a Tver prince Ivan the Young, son of Ivan III. In 1493, it became a palace village in Vyazminsky Uyezd. In 1776, Sychyovka was granted town status. During World War II, the town was occupied by the German Army from October 10, 1941 until March 8, 1943, when it was liberated by troops of the Soviet Western Front.
On January 7, 1943, Jews of the town were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sychyovka serves as the administrative center of Sychyovsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sychyovsky District as Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Sychyovsky Municipal District.[3]