Nova Sich is a village in Ukraine, in Yunakivka rural hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast. Until 2016, the local government body was .
Geography The village of Nova Sich is located at one of the sources of the , downstream at a distance of 1 km is the village of Kyianytsia. At a distance of up to 1 km are the villages of and Khrapivshchyna. Nearby is the H07 highway.
History On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 723-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Sumy Region", it became part of the Yunakivka rural hromada.
On July 19, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the , the community joined the newly formed Sumy Raion.
On February 23, 2023, by decision No. 4 of the "On renaming streets and alleys in settlements of the Yunakivka Rural Territorial Community", it was decided to rename the street in Varachyne without changing the numbering of buildings from Gagarina Street to Horikhova Street.
Russo-Ukrainian War On February 26, 2024, Russian ammunition hit the homes of civilians. Five homes were completely destroyed, and several more had their windows damaged. A retired couple died. On June 30, 2024, the Operational Command North reported another shelling of the village. 8 explosions were recorded, probably from 122 mm artillery. On August 7, 2024, the village was subjected to air, missile, and artillery strikes by Russian forces.
Russian forces first entered the village on 24 June 2026.
Population According to data for 1864, the village of Vlasnytsia in the Sumsky Uyezd of the Kharkov Governorate had a population of 499 people (248 men and 251 females), which includes 89 households.Харьковская губернія. Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ по свѣдѣніямъ 1864 года, томъ XLVI. Изданъ Центральнымъ статистическимъ комитетомъ Министерства Внутренних Дѣлъ. СанктПетербургъ. 1869 — XCVI + 209 с., (код 3316)
As of 1885, the former private village of had a population of 1,047 people, 130 households, and a shop.Волости и важнѣйшія селенія Европейской Россіи. По даннымъ обслѣдованія, произведеннаго статистическими учрежденіями Министерства Внутреннихъ Дѣлъ, по порученію Статистическаго Совѣта. Изданіе Центральнаго Статистическаго Комитета. Выпускъ III. Губерніи Малороссійскія и Юго-Западныя / Составилъ старшій редактор В. В. Зверинскій — СанктПетербургъ, 1885.
According to the 1897 census, the number of residents increased to 1,117 people (555 males and 562 females), of whom 1,116 were of the Orthodox faith.Населенные места Российской империи в 500 и более жителей с указанием всего наличного в них населения и числа жителей преобладающих вероисповеданий : по данным первой всеобщей переписи населения 1897 г. / Под ред. Н. А. Тройницкого — С.-Пб. : Типография «Общественная польза»: [паровая типолитография Н. Л. Ныркина], 1905. — С. 1-251. — X, 270, 120 с.
As of 1914, the village belonged to the Pysarivska Volost, and the number of residents had increased to 1,292 people.Харьковскій календарь на 1914 годѣ. Изданіе Харьковскаго Губернскаго Статистическаго Комитета. Харьковъ. Типографія Губернскаго Правленія. 1914. VI+86+84+86+26+116+140+44 с., Ukrainian
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village's population was 378 people. The main languages of the village were:
Ukrainian 93.03% Russian 6.43% Belarusian 0.54%
As of 2025, the population of Nova Sich was 27 people.
Notable people The following were born in the village:
— A Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Professor, Head of the Department of Biophysics, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Bimolecular Engineering of the Medical Institute of Sumy State University.
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