Stare Selo ( uk, Старе Село), literally "Old Village", until 2016 – Chervone ( uk, Червоне), or simply Stare, is a village in
Ukraine
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Sumy Raion
Sumy Raion ( uk, Сумський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong ...
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Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...
. It is the seat of its local self-governing body, Starosiljskiy Village Council.
Location
The village of Stare is located on the right bank of the
Psel River, 9 km south of central Sumy. Above the village at a distance of 1 km is the village of Barvinkove, below the village at a distance of 2 km is the village of Vyshneve. The Psel in this place is winding, forms swamps, and marshes. Nearby is highway
H12.
History
*Founded in 1642 as "Stare Selo".
*In the 19th century, the village of Stare Selo was in Sumskaya Volostj,
Sumskoy Uyezd
Sumsky Uyezd () or Sumy Povit () was one of the subdivisions of the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Sumy.
Demographics
At the time of the Russia ...
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Kharkivskaya Guberniya. The Nikolaev Church
was built in the village.
* In 1930 it was renamed "Chervone" by Russian patriots.
* In 2016 it was given back its original name, Stare Selo.
Transport
Stare has two bus stops: one at the highway and Sumska Street, and another on Pershotravneva Street and Sumska Street.
Marshrutkas from Sumy and other villages run to and by the village frequently.
References
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External links
Timetable of marshrutkas to and from Stare SeloWeather in Stare Selo
Villages in Sumy Raion