Escape digital world: Ukraine's smallest villages with no connection or tourists
The smallest villages in Ukraine where there are no tourists or internet (photo: Freepik)
Among the thousands of Ukrainian villages, there are some that tourists or even a mobile signal cannot reach. These are places where reed-thatched huts still stand, residents have known each other since childhood, and visitors are welcomed like a once-a-year event. Here are the smallest villages in Ukraine that remain untouched by tourism.
There are villages in Ukraine where the number of residents can be counted on one hand. There are no shops, no internet, no hotels, and no tourists have set foot there in years.
These places seem frozen in time, with old houses, empty streets, and a silence undisturbed even by the 21st century.
Kotivka (Sumy region)
This village is not just sparsely populated but nearly deserted. According to the latest census, only four people live here. It is located in the forests near the border with Russia.
There are no tourist routes leading here, no shops or hotels, just a few houses disappearing into the greenery.
Village of Kotivka, Putyvl district (photo: Wikipedia)
Tsymbalove (Poltava region)
This village in the Myrhorod district has only 10 residents. It consists of one street, a few houses, and not a single tourist.
The nearest shop is 8 km away. Tsymbalovo lives slowly, according to old village customs.
Petrivske (Donetsk region)
There is only one street left in Petrivske, and even postal delivery doesn't come here regularly.
In the fall of 2014, the last resident left the village, and in November 2015, the village council officially removed it from the registry.
Closed Agricultural Joint-Stock Company named after T. H. Shevchenko, farm no. 2, Petrivske, Dobropillia district (photo: Wikipedia)
Zaitsivka (Kharkiv region)
It is a small village in the Bohodukhiv district with only 10 residents remaining. There are no tourist routes, the internet is unreliable, and the locals rely on subsistence farming.
Veherivka (Sumy region)
This village is on the verge of extinction. According to the latest data, Veherivka, located in the Konotop district, has only 10 residents left. It’s already labeled as a "historic territory without development prospects."
There haven't been any new residents in decades because the young people have left. What remains are a few houses, gardens, and memories.
Kostiantynivka (Zhytomyr region)
Located in the Berdychiv district, only a few households remain. Population: 10 people. Tourists have never come here, and the biggest event is the arrival of a postal van once a week.
Norytsia (Chernihiv region)
Located in the preserved Polissia zone, the village of Norytsia looks like an open-air museum. Only 10 elderly residents remain, the people who refused to leave and continue living a quiet village life.
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Sources: State Statistics Service, Wikipedia, regional censuses, archives of hromadas and village councils
