Stare Selo, Sumy Oblast

{{Short description|Urban locality in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Stare Selo

| native_name = Старе Село

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Village

| nickname =

| image_skyline = Палац Зборомирських.jpg

| imagesize =

| image_alt = Neglected palace building

| image_caption = Zboromyrski Palace

| map_caption = Map of Stare Selo

| mapsize = 220px

| image_map1 =

| mapsize1 =

| map_caption1 =

| government_type = Village council

| established_date = 1642

| elevation_m = 133

| elevation_ft = 436

| coordinates = {{coord|50|55|N|34|45|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}}

| population_total = 2079

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 42353

| area_code = +380 542

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}}

| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_name1 = Sumy Oblast

| subdivision_name2 = Sumy Raion

| subdivision_name3 = Nyzhnia Syrovatka rural hromada

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Stare Selo ({{langx|uk|Старе Село|4=Old Village}}) until 2016 Chervone ({{langx|uk|Червоне}}), or simply Stare, is a village in Ukraine, in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast. It is the seat of its local self-governing body, the Stare Selo Village Council.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps|title=Google Maps}}

History

  • Founded in 1642 as Stare Selo.
  • In the 19th century, the village of Stare Selo was in Sumy Volost, Sumy Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate. The St. Nicholas Church was built in the village.{{Cite web |title=Старое @ SurnameIndex.Info |url=http://www.surnameindex.info/info/kharkov/sumy/staroe/index.html}}
  • In 1930 it was renamed to Chervone ({{Literal translation|Red}}) by the Communists.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
  • In 2016 it was given back its original name, Stare Selo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.surnameindex.info/info/kharkov/sumy/staroe/index.html|title=Старое @ SurnameIndex.Info}}

Transport

Stare has two bus stops: one at the highway and Sumska Street, and another on Pershotravneva Street and Sumska Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps|title=Google Maps}} Marshrutkas from Sumy and other villages run to and by the village frequently.{{Cite web|url=http://oservice.pp.ua/poleznosti/sumy/avtovokzal-sumy/|title=Расписание движения автобусов по автостанции Сумы >> OService}}

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