Obrazhiivka

The village of Obrazhiivka in the interfluve of the Desna, Ivotka and Shostka rivers is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city of Shostka. Administratively, it is part of the Shostka hromada of the Sumy region.

According to legend, the village was founded by three settlers from Novhorod-Siverskyi, and its original name was Preobrazhenske, since the village belonged to the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery.

The Church of St. Michael was built in 1835-1839, after the old wooden St. Michael's Church burned down.

In 1920, the famous Soviet pilot Ivan Kozhedub was born in Obrazhiivka. A monument to Kozhedub has been erected in the center of the village, the location of his native house is marked with a stele, a Kozhedub square with a MiG-21 aircraft on a pedes ...

The village of Obrazhiivka in the interfluve of the Desna, Ivotka and Shostka rivers is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city of Shostka. Administratively, it is part of the Shostka hromada of the Sumy region.

According to legend, the village was founded by three settlers from Novhorod-Siverskyi, and its original name was Preobrazhenske, since the village belonged to the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery.

The Church of St. Michael was built in 1835-1839, after the old wooden St. Michael's Church burned down.

In 1920, the famous Soviet pilot Ivan Kozhedub was born in Obrazhiivka. A monument to Kozhedub has been erected in the center of the village, the location of his native house is marked with a stele, a Kozhedub square with a MiG-21 aircraft on a pedestal has been arranged, and a Kozhedub room-museum has been opened at the local school.