Krasnopillya

Location in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Krasnopillya is an urban settlement (town) in Sumy Oblast (province), located in the historic region of the Sloboda Ukraine. It is a administrative seat of the Krasnopillia Raion, Krasnopillya town municipality and is only 42 km (26 mi) away from Sumy, the regional center.

Location

The town is located near the river of Syrovatka which is a left tributary of Psel River. Krasnopillya is situated in a close proximity to the Russia-Ukraine border.

History

The town appeared in 1640 as a fort of the Belgorod Defense Line which Muscovy erected in Sloboda Ukraine officially to secure Muscovite southern borders from raids of Crimean Tatars and Nogais. Eventually the town developed into a district center of the Sumy Regiment which also served as a regional subdivision of the Sloboda Ukraine. After disbanding the regimental administrative division in 1765, Krasnopillya became a sloboda and a seat of volost (a county subdivision).

In 1901 in Krasnopillya was built a railway station. The town suffered from the Soviet Holodomor in Ukraine. During the World War II, the Soviet troops left the town to the advancing German forces on October 15, 1941.

Railway station

External links

Krasnopillya town news portal.
Krasnopillya at gallerua.com
Krasnopillya at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia

Administrative divisions of Sumy Oblast

Administrative center: Sumy

Raions

Cities

Regional	Hlukhiv Konotop Lebedyn Okhtyrka Romny Sumy Shostka

District	Bilopillia Buryn Druzhba Krolevets Putyvl Seredyna-Buda Trostianets Vorozhba

Urban-type settlements
Category:Sumy Oblast

Coordinates: 50°46′24″N 35°16′18″E / 50.7732°N 35.2717°E / 50.7732; 35.2717

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