{{short description|Village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Boromlia | native_name = Боромля | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = Village | image_flag = Boromlya prapor.png | image_shield = Boromlya gerb.png | image_skyline = Хрестовоздвиженська церква у селі Боромля.jpg | caption = The Church of the Ascension of the Cross in Boromlia | pushpin_map = Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Boromlia in Sumy Oblast##Location of Boromlia in Ukraine | coordinates = {{coord|50|37|38|N|34|58|23|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Sumy Oblast}} | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Okhtyrka Raion.svg}} Okhtyrka Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Boromlia rural hromada | established_title = Established | established_date = 1658 | population_total = 4,270 }}
'''Boromlia''' or '''Boromlya''' ({{langx|uk|Боромля}}) is a village in Okhtyrka Raion, in Ukraine's central Sumy Oblast. It is the administrative centre of Boromlia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 4,270 ({{as of|2023|lc=y}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Боромлянська громада |trans-title=Boromlia hromada |url=https://gromada.info/gromada/boromlyanska/ |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=gromada.info |language=uk}}</ref>
== History == Boromlia was established by Cossack ataman Korney Vasilyev, along with 425 other Cossacks, who settled on the banks of the {{ill|Boromlia (river)|lt=Boromlia river|uk|Боромля (річка)}}. The settlement was formally established in 1658 with the issuance of a royal charter by Russian Tsar Alexis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Боромля |trans-title=Boromlia |url=https://www.otkudarodom.ua/ru/boromlya |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Otkuda Rodom |language=ru}}</ref> The Church of the Ascension of the Cross, part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), was built between 1696 and 1726.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Про храм |trans-title=About the church |url=https://boromlja.church.ua/main-page/ |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Church of the Ascession of the Cross, village of Boromlia |language=uk}}</ref>
Since the 19th century, Boromlia has been home to an active community of strawberry farmers. Since 1908 there have been annual strawberry exhibitions in the village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boromlya Community |url=https://cities4cities.eu/community/boromlya-community/ |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Cities 4 Cities}}</ref>
=== Russian invasion of Ukraine === {{main|Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast#Boromlia}} Boromlia was hit by Russian airstrikes on 3 and 5 March 2022, which damaged gas and electrical infrastructure along with a kindergarten and about 140 houses, according to Vasyl Romanika, the head of the village administration.<ref name=rferl/>
The village was occupied by Russia from 9 to 26 March, during the country's invasion of Ukraine. According to Romanika, four people were tortured and killed during the occupation.<ref name=rferl>{{Cite news |date=22 June 2022 |title=Ukrainians Pull Together To Rebuild After Heavy Destruction From Russian Attacks |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainians-pull-together-to-rebuild-after-heavy-destruction-from-russian-attacks/31910389.html |access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
== Notable people == * {{ill|Andrii Alymov|uk|Алимов Андрій Якович}}, Soviet epidemiologist and microbiologist * {{ill|Serhii Alymov|uk|Алимов Сергій Якович}}, Soviet writer * {{ill|Job (Bazilevich)|ru|Иов (Базилевич)}}, Russian Orthodox archbishop of Pereiaslav and Boryspil * {{ill|Grigory Bazilevich|ru|Базилевич, Григорий Иванович|uk|Базилевич Григорій Іванович}}, Russian military surgeon * Vitaliy Butrym, Ukrainian Olympic 400-metre sprinter * {{ill|Yakim Butrym|uk|Бутрим Яків}}, colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army * Maria Dahl, German zoologist * {{ill|Vasyl Fedorko|uk|Федорко Василь Омельянович}}, Ukrainian People's Army leader and diaspora activist * {{ill|Yevheniia Semenenko|uk|Семененко Євгенія Володимирівна}}, sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine * {{ill|Ivan Shapovalov (Cyborg)|lt=Ivan Shapovalov|uk|Шаповалов Іван Михайлович}}, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the Cyborg during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
== References == <references />
{{Sumy Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Villages in Okhtyrka Raion