We continue our virtual tour of the Kharkiv region. In the Bohodukhiv District, in the northwest of the Kharkiv region, there is a village with the curious name of Khrushchova Mykytivka. As it turns out, it has no connection to Nikita Khrushchev and has been called that for about 250 years.

The village was founded as far back as 1676 by Nikita Kondratyevich Senenko, a colonel from Uman. In 1738, Ivan Semyonovich Khrushchev, a colonel from Nezhin, became the village’s owner. Their first and last names formed the village’s current name. According to the 1785 census, the population of Khrushchova Mykytivka was 1,524 people; at that time, it was a fairly large settlement.

According to the 2001 census, the population had declined to 683. Several historic buildings have been preserved in the village—for example, the parish school building (presumably from the late 18th century) and the Zemsky School (1905). The latter continues to function as a school to this day. There are five ponds in the village, ranging from small to quite large.