Bochechky

Bochechky (Ukrainian: Бочечки) is a village in Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Bochechky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 1,679 (as of 2023^[update]).^[1]

Bochechky Бочечки
Village
The palace of the Lvov princely family in Bochechky
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Coordinates: 51°18′00″N 33°24′39″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy Oblast
Raion	Konotop Raion
Hromada	Bochechky rural hromada
First mentioned	1659
Population
• Total	1,679

History

Bochechky was first mentioned in 1659.^[2] Prior to the Emancipation reform of 1861 the majority of villagers were serfs under the Byrdyn, Lvov, or Yazuchevskyi families.^[3] The Lvov family historically owned an 18th-century palace (uk).^[2]

Following the establishment of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, two kolkhozes were established in Bochechky. Two more were established between 1930 and 1931, as was a theatre and a library. 850 residents of the village died during World War II.^[3]

Notable people

• Anatolii Davydov (uk), Ukrainian writer.
• Lidia Kovalenko (uk), Ukrainian journalist and historian of the Holodomor.
• Pavlo Mokrous (uk), Ukrainian engineer and bibliographer
• Pavlo Prykhodchenko (uk), Ukrainian Soviet politician