Sobycheve

Sobycheve (Ukrainian: Собичеве) is a village in Shostka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

Sobycheve Собичеве
Village
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Coordinates: 51°48′59″N 33°41′38″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy
Raion	Shostka Raion
Elevation [1]	163 m (535 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	641
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	41133
Area code	+380 5449

Demographics

According to the 1989 census, the population of Sobycheve was 775 people, of whom 329 were men and 446 were women.^[2]

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[3]

Language	Percentage
Ukrainian	91.73 %
Russian	7.93 %
Belarusian	0.31 %

Notable residents

Trokhym Lukashenko, the maternal grandfather of Alexander Lukashenko, was born in Sobycheve.^[4]