Ivanivka (), is a village in northeastern Ukraine, located in
Okhtyrka Raion of
Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presid ...
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History
According to a census of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
in 1864, the village had a population of 440, including 225 men and 235 women.
Like many other villages throughout Ukraine, the population suffered through the
Holodomor
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine, was a mass famine in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–193 ...
in 1932-1933, with many dying from
starvation
Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage and eventually, de ...
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This is the birthplace of famous painter
Alexander Bogomazov
Alexander Konstantinovich Bogomazov () or Oleksandr Kostiantynovych Bohomazov (; March 26, 1880 – June 3, 1930) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian Painting, painter, cubo-futurist, modern art theory, theoretician and is recognised as one of the key fi ...
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References
Історія міст та сіл України. Том Сумская область. стор. 212–221 (рос.)(Archived)
Погода в селі Іванівка(Archived)
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Villages in Okhtyrka Raion