Velyki Sorochyntsi
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Velyki Sorochyntsi (Ukrainian: Великі Сорочинці; formerly referred to simply as Sorochyntsi) is a village in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It formerly had town status. It hosts the administration of Velyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The village is famous as the birthplace of the writer Nikolai Gogol (April 1 [O.S. March 20] 1809) and the location of the Sorochyntsi Fair. In 1925–1931, the town was called Neronovychi after the Bolshevik activist Yevhen Neronovych, who was executed by Ukrainian military forces in the town in 1918.
Velyki Sorochyntsi
Великі Сорочинці | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°01′24″N 33°56′33″E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Poltava Oblast |
Raion | Myrhorod Raion |
Hromada | Velyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada |
Founded | 1620s |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 4,231 |
Postal code | 37645 |
Area code | +380 5355 |
The population as of 2013 was estimated at 3,809, down from 4,231 in the 2001 census.[2]
The name of the village came either from the Slavic word soroka (magpie) or sorochka (shirt).[citation needed] There are many legends explaining the name of the village as the location of the Magpie's kingdom or of some magical shirt.[citation needed]