Official Name: | Synivka |
Native Name: | Синівка |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Synivka in Sumy Oblast##Location of Synivka in Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 50.5394°N 34.0928°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Romny Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Synivka rural hromada |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1669 |
Population: | 1,267 |
Synivka (Ukrainian: Синівка) is a village in Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Synivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,267 .[1]
Synivka was first mentioned in 1669. According to local legend, its name derives from the phrase "Land of the Sons of Veletskyi" (Ukrainian: Земля синів Велецького|translit=Zemlia syniv Veletskoho|link=no), after a noble family which had been given ownership of the village by Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host Ivan Skoropadsky.[2]
Synivka was taken over by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in January 1918, and a kolkhoz named after Vladimir Lenin was established in the village afterwards. During World War II two partisan groups were established, including a group of Komsomol members led by M. Artiukh, which was responsible for killing 20 German soldiers and officers. A total of 165 residents were killed during the war.[3]
Prior to the 2020 administrative division reform in Ukraine, Synivka was part of Lypova Dolyna Raion.[3]
A series of protests occurred in the village in 2020, in opposition to the plowing of fields. The protesters cited livestock grazing as a reason for their opposition to the plowing.[4]