Vilshana

The village of Vilshana is located on the H-07 highway 60 kilometers west of Sumy, near Nedryhayliv, at the confluence of the Vilshanka River into the Sula. Administratively, it is part of the Romensky district of the Sumy region.

The first mentions of Vilshana in historical literature date back to 1609. The first inhabitants were settlers from Right-Bank Ukraine. In 1647, the settlement of Olshana with a wooden fortress is mentioned. In the second half of the 18th century, Vilshana was already a hundred-year town.

In the center of the village, a monument to fellow countrymen who died during World War II has been erected.

On the right bank of the Sula, not far from Vilshana, near Nedryhayliv, archaeologists discovered traces of a settlement from the times of Kyivan Rus ...

The village of Vilshana is located on the H-07 highway 60 kilometers west of Sumy, near Nedryhayliv, at the confluence of the Vilshanka River into the Sula. Administratively, it is part of the Romensky district of the Sumy region.

The first mentions of Vilshana in historical literature date back to 1609. The first inhabitants were settlers from Right-Bank Ukraine. In 1647, the settlement of Olshana with a wooden fortress is mentioned. In the second half of the 18th century, Vilshana was already a hundred-year town.

In the center of the village, a monument to fellow countrymen who died during World War II has been erected.

On the right bank of the Sula, not far from Vilshana, near Nedryhayliv, archaeologists discovered traces of a settlement from the times of Kyivan Rus. This place is popularly called Mazepa's Hill.