Velyki Sorochyntsi

Velyki Sorochyntsi
Великі Сорочинці
Village
Location of Sorochyntsi Fair
Location of Sorochyntsi Fair
Flag of Velyki Sorochyntsi
Coat of arms of Velyki Sorochyntsi
Velyki Sorochyntsi is located in Poltava Oblast
Velyki Sorochyntsi
Velyki Sorochyntsi
Location of Velyki Sorochyntsi within Poltava Oblast
Velyki Sorochyntsi is located in Ukraine
Velyki Sorochyntsi
Velyki Sorochyntsi
Velyki Sorochyntsi (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°01′24″N 33°56′33″E / 50.02333°N 33.94250°E / 50.02333; 33.94250
Country Ukraine
OblastPoltava Oblast
RaionMyrhorod Raion
HromadaVelyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada
Founded1620s
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,231
Postal code
37645
Area code+380 5355

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Великосорочинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Velyki Sorochyntsi". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.