Field of the Battle of Konotop, Shapovalivka
On 8 July 1659 Vyhovsky's army with its Crimean allies routed Trubetskoy's Muscovite army.
On 7–8 July 1659 near Konotop the Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar army of Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky routed the Muscovite army of Trubetskoy and Pozharsky; the preliminary clash took place at Shapovalivka, the main battle near Pusta Torhovytsia. According to Suspilne, some 65,000 allies — 16–17,000 Cossacks, 40,000 Tatars, 5,000 Poles and 1,500 mercenaries — faced about 100,000 Muscovites; Muscovite losses are estimated at up to 30,000, by local sources at 30 to 60 thousand, Ukrainian losses at about 4,000, Tatar at 6,000. The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance calls the battle one of the key engagements of the Muscovite–Ukrainian war of 1658–1659. On site: the "Sabres" memorial sign at the entrance to Shapovalivka, raised for the 350th anniversary, and a 2009 bust of Hetman Vyhovsky in the square by the house of culture.
Open ground with no museum institution near the village of Shapovalivka (Popivka community, Konotop district). Sumy region is a frontline area: on the night of 18.09.2026 russia launched a massive drone attack on neighbouring Konotop, two people were injured (LB.ua, 18.09.2026); heed the air-raid alerts.