Stari Vyrky

Stari Vyrky
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Stari Vyrky
Stari Vyrky (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°13′6″N 34°13′2″E / 51.21833°N 34.21722°E / 51.21833; 34.21722
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionSumy Raion
HromadaBilopillia urban hromada
Elevation146 m (479 ft)
Population
 (2001)[2]
 • Total
202
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
41817
Area code+380 5443

Stari Vyrky is a village in Bilopillia urban hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Until 2020, the local government body was the Novi Vyrky Village Council.

Geography

The village of Stari Vyrky is located on the left bank of the Vyr River, upstream at a distance of 1.5 km is the town of Vorozhba, downstream is the village of Novi Vyrky.

History

A Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement was discovered in the southeast of the village.

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 Bilopillia urban hromada.[3]

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

Russo-Ukrainian War

On July 16, 2024, Russian troops shelled the village. Two explosions were recorded, probably from a UAV.[5]

On August 27, 2024, the Operational Command North reported shelling of the village. 2 shells were recorded: 4 explosions, probably a 120 mm mortar.[6]

Demographics

According to data from 1862, the state-owned village of Putyvlsky district of Kursk province had a population of 657 people (328 men and 329 women), and there were 60 households.[7]

As of 1880, the former state village of Hlushetska volost had a population of 734 people, 118 households, and 11 windmills.[8]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village's population was 58 people.[2] The main languages of the village were:[9]

Fauna

In the Vyr River near the village lives the Russian desman.[10]

Notable people

  • Mykhailo Terletsky - Honored Doctor of the Ukrainian SSR, surgeon. Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR of the 3rd-4th convocations.
  • Titov Nikolaevich - Ukrainian Soviet figure.

References

  1. ^ "Stari Vyrky". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)". Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  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 2025-11-11.
  4. ^ "Постанова Верховної Ради України від" (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  5. ^ "Подробиці вчорашніх обстрілів Сумщини від військових: пошкоджено критичну інфраструктуру і ЛЕП". debaty.sumy.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  6. ^ "Подробиці обстрілів від ОК "Північ"". debaty.sumy.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  7. ^ Russian doref. XX. Kursk province. List of populated places according to data of 1862. Published by the Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Saint Petersburg. 1868. LXXV + 175 pages, (code 1738)
  8. ^ Russian doref. Volosts and the most important villages of European Russia. According to the data of the survey conducted by the statistical institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on behalf of the Statistical Council. Edition of the Central Statistical Committee. Issue I. Governorates of the Central Agricultural Region. — Saint Petersburg, 1880. — VI + 413 p.
  9. ^ "Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)". Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Через російську агресію можуть зникнути червонокнижні тварини, які збереглися лише на території Конотопщини". debaty.sumy.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-08-10. Retrieved 2025-11-11.