The village of Stetskovka is located on both banks of the river. Oleshnya, 10 km north of Sumy, on the Kursk highway N-07. According to legend, it was founded in 1659 by five Cossacks, one of whom was called Stetsko (perhaps, he means the Sumy ataman Stetsko), which is where the name came from. In Cossack times, Stetskovka was the centenary of the Sumy regiment. It belonged to the landowners Savich, natives of the Cossack foreman. Preserved Dmitrovskaya church, built in 1835 in the style of classicism. In 1874, a zemstvo school was built, which later housed a school.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1659 |
Latitude | 51.00553 |
Longitude | 34.770214 |
Region | Sumy |