Riasne, Sumy Oblast

Riasne
Рясне
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Riasne (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°41′22″N 35°23′29″E / 50.68944°N 35.39139°E / 50.68944; 35.39139
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionSumy Raion
HromadaKrasnopillia settlement hromada
Founded1670
Elevation183 m (600 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
814[2]
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
42452
Area code+380 5459

Riasne is a village in Ukraine, in Krasnopillia settlement hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast. Until 2016, the local government body was Riasne Village Council.

Geography

The village of Riasne is located 57 km from Sumy and 18 km southeast of Krasnopillia, near the sources of the Korova River, at the confluence of an unnamed stream with it, downstream at a distance of 10 km is the village of Slavhorod. There are many small ravines on the river and its tributaries. There is a railway nearby, a passenger stop in Pyatipillya(2.5 km away). The nearest railway station is the Krasnopillia railway station (18 km away).

History

The village was founded by Sumy colonel Gerasim Kondratiev in 1670 and was populated by his Cherkasy subjects.

The village has a St. Dmitriy Church.

The village suffered as a result of the Holodomor carried out by the Soviet Union in 1923–1933 and in 1946–1947.

On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 723-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Sumy Region", it became part of the Krasnopillia settlement hromada.[3]

On July 19, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Krasnopillia Raion, the village became part of the newly formed Sumy Raion.[4]

Russo-Ukrainian War

On May 24, 2024, 3 shelling attacks by the Russian aggressor were recorded on the village: 19 explosions, probably from a 120 mm mortar; 1 explosion, probably from a Lancet UAV. As a result of the shelling, 1 resident was injured and power lines were damaged.[5]

On June 30, 2024, the village was attacked by a FPV drone (2 explosions) and also shelled by 122 mm artillery (14 explosions). Critical infrastructure damaged.[6]

Population

According to data from 1864, the state settlement, the center of the Akhtyrsky Uyezd of the Kharkov Governorate, had a population of 824 people (412 men and 412 women), 90 households, an Orthodox church, a distillery and saltpeter factories, and markets.[7]

By 1914, the village was the center of a separate Ryasne Volost, and the number of residents had increased to 2,014 people.[8]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village's population was 814 people.[2] The main languages of the village were:[9]

Notable people

The following were born in the village:

  • Bohdan Romanovych Hrytsenko - A Ukrainian soldier who participated in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[10][11]
  • Anatoly Deineka - A Ukrainian Soviet architect , former chief architect of the Sumy region, laureate of the USSR Council of Ministers Prize, Honored Architect of Ukraine, author of the famous guide to the Sumy region "Architectural Monuments of the Sumy Region".
  • Ivan Oliynyk (1909–1993) - A Soviet military man. Full holder of the Order of Glory. Participant in the Winter War and World War II.

References

  1. ^ "Riasne". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)". Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Сумської області". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  4. ^ "Постанова Верховної Ради України від" (in Ukrainian). 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  5. ^ "У Середино-Буді ворожими обстрілами пошкоджено три приватних будинки". debaty.sumy.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  6. ^ "Внаслідок обстрілів у Суходолі на Глухівщині пошкоджено 8 приватних будинків". debaty.sumy.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  7. ^ Харьковская губернія. Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ по свѣдѣніямъ 1864 года, томъ XLVI. Изданъ Центральнымъ статистическимъ комитетомъ Министерства Внутренних Дѣлъ. СанктПетербургъ. 1869 — XCVI + 209 с., (код 524)
  8. ^ Харьковскій календарь на 1914 годѣ. Изданіе Харьковскаго Губернскаго Статистическаго Комитета. Харьковъ. Типографія Губернскаго Правленія. 1914. VI+86+84+86+26+116+140+44 с.
  9. ^ "Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)". Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Гриценко Богдан Романович". sumymemory.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  11. ^ Рагуцька, Лілія (2024-07-23). ""Невимовний біль": у боях за Україну загинув 30-річний прикордонник з Сумщини. Фото". WAR OBOZREVATEL (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-01-27.