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Synivka

Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Synivka Синівка
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50°32′22″N 34°05′34″E / 50.53944°N 34.09278°E / 50.53944; 34.09278
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy Oblast
Raion	Romny Raion
Hromada	Synivka rural hromada
First mentioned	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 (as of 2024^[update]).^[1]

History

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, romanized: Zemlia syniv Veletskoho), 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]

Notable people

Ivan Dakhno [uk], Ukrainian economics professor.

References

^ "Синівська громада" [Synivka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Історична довідка" [Historical information]. Synivka rural hromada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Синівка, Липоводолинський район, Сумська область" [Synivka, Lypova Dolyna Raion, Sumy Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ Hordus, Natalia (19 May 2020). "Жителі села Синівка на Сумщині протестують проти розорювання пасовищ" [Residents of Synivka village in Sumshchyna protest against plowing of fields]. Suspilne. Retrieved 4 January 2024.