Popivka (; ) is a village in Konotop Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the capital of Popivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 4,345 ().
History Popivka was first mentioned in the first half of the 17th century. It became part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in November 1917. 1,103 residents of the village were killed during World War II by Nazi German forces.
Popivka is locally notable for its "Journalist Street", which commemorates local journalists. It is the only monument to journalists in all of Sumy Oblast as of 2014.
Notable people , Hero of the Soviet Union. , Soviet agronomist, geneticist, and botanist , Russian lawyer and professor , Ukrainian kobzar and pianist , member of the Central Rada Anton Tsarenko, Ukrainian footballer
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