Bezdryk
{{short description|Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Bezdryk
| native_name = Бездрик
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline =
| image_caption = Monument to Soviet soldiers of World War II in Bezdryk
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Bezdryk in Sumy Oblast##Location of Bezdryk in Ukraine
| coordinates = {{coord|50|51|54|N|34|57|19|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Sumy Oblast}}
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Sumyskyj district.png}} Sumy Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Bezdryk rural hromada
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1677
| population = 1,692
}}
Bezdryk ({{langx|uk|Бездрик}}) is a village in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, in central Ukraine. It is the capital of Bezdryk rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine,{{Cite web |title=Бездрицька громада |trans-title=Bezdryk hromada |url=https://gromada.info/gromada/bezdrycka/ |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=gromada.info |language=uk}} and has a population of 1,692 (as of 2001).
History
Bezdryk was first mentioned in 1677.{{Cite web |date=22 February 2022 |title=Бездрик, Сумский район, Сумская область |trans-title=Bezdryk, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast |url=https://ukrssr.com/sumsk/sumskij/bezdrik-sumskij-rajon-sumskaya-oblast |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR |language=ru}} Prior to the Russian Revolution it was renowned for the number and quality of icons in the local Church of the Archangel Michael, dating to the time of the Cossack Hetmanate, and an archaeological expedition of the Russian Orthodox Church took place in 1916.{{Cite web |date=15 June 2016 |title=«Чисто монастырская идиллия…» Из истории Архангело-Михайловского храма с. Бездрик |trans-title="A wholly idyllic monastery...": History of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Bezdryk |url=https://risu.ua/chisto-monastyrskaya-idilliya-iz-istorii-arhangelo-mihaylovskogo-hrama-s-bezdrik_n37852 |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=Religious Information Service of Ukraine |language=ru}}
Farmers in Bezdryk went on strike during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The village was occupied by the Red Army in December 1917 amidst the Ukrainian–Soviet War. 259 of the village's residents fought for the Red Army in World War II, of whom 88 were killed in battle.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census 91.95% of Bezdryk's population natively speaks Ukrainian. Of the remainder, 7.64% reported being native speakers of Russian and 0.41% said that Belarusian was their native language. The census also reported that Bezdryk has a population of 1,692.{{Cite web |title=Банк даних |trans-title=Databank |url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=2001 Ukrainian census |language=uk}}
Notable people
- {{ill|Mykola Alfyorov|uk|Алфьоров Микола Федорович}}, architect, engraver, painter, and writer.
- {{ill|Valentyn Nedryhailo|uk|Недригайло Валентин Михайлович}}, People's Deputy of Ukraine.