Velyki Sorochyntsi

Velyki Sorochyntsi Великі Сорочинці
Village
Location of Sorochyntsi Fair
Flag Coat of arms
Velyki Sorochyntsi Location of Velyki Sorochyntsi within Poltava Oblast Show map of Poltava Oblast Velyki Sorochyntsi Velyki Sorochyntsi (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°01′24″N 33°56′33″E / 50.02333°N 33.94250°E / 50.02333; 33.94250
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Raion	Myrhorod Raion
Hromada	Velyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada
Founded	1620s
Population  (2001)
• Total	4,231
Postal code	37645
Area code	+380 5355

Velyki Sorochyntsi (Ukrainian: Великі Сорочинці; formerly referred to simply as Sorochyntsi) is a village in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It formerly had town status. It hosts the administration of Velyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] The village is famous as the birthplace of the writer Nikolai Gogol (April 1 [O.S. March 20] 1809) and the location of the Sorochyntsi Fair. In 1925–1931, the town was called Neronovychi after the Bolshevik activist Yevhen Neronovych, who was executed by Ukrainian military forces in the town in 1918.

The population as of 2013 was estimated at 3,809, down from 4,231 in the 2001 census.^[2]

The name of the village came either from the Slavic word soroka (magpie) or sorochka (shirt).^{[citation needed]} There are many legends explaining the name of the village as the location of the Magpie's kingdom or of some magical shirt.^{[citation needed]}