Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast

Rural locality in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

50°46′24″N 35°16′18″E / 50.7732°N 35.2717°E / 50.7732; 35.2717Country

UkraineOblast

Sumy OblastRaionSumy RaionTime zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Krasnopillia (Ukrainian: Краснопілля) is a rural settlement in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, located in the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. It was formerly the administrative seat of Krasnopillia Raion, but is now within Sumy Raion. The settlement is 42 km (26 mi) away from Sumy, the regional center, and has a population of 7,769 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Location

The town is located near the Syrovatka River which is a left tributary of the Psel River. Krasnopillia is situated in a close proximity to the Russia–Ukraine border.

History

The town appeared in 1640 as a fort of the Belgorod Defense Line which Russian forces erected in Sloboda Ukraine to secure state southern borders from raids of Crimean Tatars and Nogais. Eventually the town developed into a district center of the Sumy Regiment which also served as a regional subdivision of the Sloboda Ukraine. After disbanding the regimental administrative division in 1765, Krasnopillia became a sloboda and a seat of volost (a county subdivision).

In 1901, a railway station was built in Krasnopillia. The town suffered from the Soviet Holodomor in Ukraine.

During World War II it was under German occupation from October 15, 1941 to 1943.

Krasnopillia became an urban-type settlement in 1956.

In January 1989 the population was 9469 people.^[2]

In January 2013 the population was 8355 people.^[3]

During the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, large columns of Russian military vehicles frequently passed through Krasnopillia.^[4]

On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished the urban-type settlement status, and Krasnopillia became a rural settlement.^[5]

Transportation

Krasnopillya railway station is located on the railway which connects Sumy and Belgorod in Russia crossing the Russian border in Pushkarne. There is infrequent local traffic between Sumy and Pushkarne. There is no passenger traffic across the border.

Notable people

Oleksandr Lebedenko (born 1989), footballer
Valentyna Semerenko (born 1986), biathlete
Vita Semerenko (born 1986), biathlete

References

^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.93" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
^ Isobel Koshiw (2023-01-02). "How Sumy's residents kept Russian forces out of their city". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.