Nova Sloboda, Sumy Oblast

Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Nova Sloboda

Нова Слобода

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Nova Sloboda

Location of Nova Sloboda in Sumy Oblast

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Nova Sloboda

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Coordinates: 51°22′25″N 34°07′34″E﻿ / ﻿51.37361°N 34.12611°E﻿ / 51.37361; 34.12611
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast|  Sumy Oblast
Raion|  Konotop Raion
Hromada| Nova Sloboda rural hromada
Established| 1593
Population

| 1,568

Nova Sloboda (Ukrainian: Нова Слобода; Russian: Новая Слобода, romanized: Novaya Sloboda) is a village in Ukraine, in Konotop Raion within the country's northern Sumy Oblast. It is the administrative centre of Nova Sloboda rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 300 (as of May 2025[update]).[1]

## History

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Nova Sloboda was founded in 1593.[2] In 1630 the Sophrony Monastery [uk] was founded in the village. In the present day, it is a men's monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate),[3] and it was selected in 2007 as one of the three Wonders of Ukraine from Sumy Oblast.[4]

On 7 July 1942 586 inhabitants of the village (including 70 children under the age of ten) were killed by Nazi Germany in retaliation for the village allegedly providing shelter to the Soviet partisans. The massacre has been compared by some, including the government of Sumy Oblast, to the Khatyn massacre in Belarus.[5]

The Museum of Goryun Culture [uk], dedicated to the Goryun ethnic group, was established in the village on 28 September 2017.[6]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nova Sloboda was shelled by Russian forces throughout 2022 and 2023.[7] Russians also launched an unsuccessful attempt [uk] to take the village from 23 April until the total Russian withdrawal after the end of the Northern Ukraine campaign.[8] The same year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands celebrated the village for its production of herbal teas, while the Institute of Partnership and Sustainable Development non-governmental organisation purchased a stock of teas to be supplied to internally displaced persons in Pokrovske.[9] On May 13, 2025, a mandatory evacuation from the village was announced.[10]

## Notable people

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* Maksym Berlynskyi [uk], Ukrainian historian
* Ivan Cherniakov [uk], Ukrainian historian and archaeologist
* Lionel (Gudimov) [ru], Russian Orthodox Church archbishop of Donetsk and Sloviansk
* Mykola Kostrov [uk], Ukrainian admiral
* Denis Podshivaylov [ru], Soviet major general
* Mikhail Fyodorovich Popov [ru], Russian physician and professor

## References

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1. ^ "Новослобідська громада" [Nova Sloboda hromada]. kordon.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
2. ^ "Сайт села Новая Слобода" [Site of the village of Nova Sloboda]. mistoUA (in Russian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
3. ^ Vecherskyi, Viktor (14 November 2021). "Софроніївський монастир" [Sophrony Monastery]. Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
4. ^ Tomenko, Mykola. "Україна: країна, яку ми любимо, держава, якою ми пишаємося" [Ukraine: the country we love, the state we are proud of]. Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
5. ^ ""Українська Хатинь": У Новій Слободі вшанували пам'ять односельців" ["Ukrainian Khatyn": Villagers commemorated in Nova Sloboda]. Community Voice (in Ukrainian). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
6. ^ "Музей горюнської культури" [Museum of Goryun Culture]. State Historical-Cultural Park of Putyvl (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
7. ^ Fenbert, Abbey (11 November 2023). "Russia shells 7 communities in Sumy Oblast". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
8. ^ "Дев'ятий тиждень російсько-української війни: що відбувається на Сумщині. Онлайн" [Week nine of the Russo-Ukrainian War: what happened in Sumshchyna (online)]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
9. ^ ""Incredible villages of Ukraine 2022". Winners of the competition supported by NL Embassy in Ukraine". Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
10. ^ "Евакуація з Нової Слободи: у селі загострилася ситуація через близькість до фронту – Kordon Media" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 May 2025.

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Administrative divisions of Sumy Oblast

Administrative center: Sumy

Raions|

* Konotop
* Okhtyrka
* Romny
* Shostka
* Sumy

Hromadas|

* Andriiashivka
* Bereza
* Bezdryk
* Bilopillia
* Bochechky
* Boromlia
* Buryn
* Chernechchyna
* Chupakhivka
* Duboviazivka
* Esman
* Hlukhiv
* Hrun
* Khmeliv
* Khotin
* Khutir-Mykhailivskyi
* Komyshi
* Konotop
* Krasnopillia
* Krolevets
* Korovyntsi
* Kyrykivka
* Lebedyn
* Lypova Dolyna
* Mykolaivka rural
* Mykolaivka settlement
* Myrolaiivka
* Myropillia
* Nedryhailiv
* Nova Sloboda
* Nyzhnia Syrovatka
* Okhtyrka
* Popivka
* Putyvl
* Richky
* Romny
* Sad
* Seredyna-Buda
* Shalyhyne
* Shostka
* Stepanivka
* Sumy
* Svesa
* Synivka
* Trostianets
* Velyka Pysarivka
* Verkhnia Syrovatka
* Vilshana
* Vorozhba
* Yampil
* Yunakivka
* Znob-Novhorodske

Cities|

* Bilopillia
* Buryn
* Hlukhiv
* Khutir-Mykhailivskyi
* Konotop
* Krolevets
* Lebedyn
* Okhtyrka
* Putyvl
* Romny
* Seredyna-Buda
* Shostka
* Sumy
* Trostianets
* Vorozhba

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