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Shpotivka (Ukr. Шпотівка) is a village in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

The village is the center of the village council, which also includes the village of Bazylivka and Pershotravneve. It is located 34 km from the district center in the top of the Sukhyi Romen River. Its history dates back to the XVIII century.

History
At the end of the XVII century, Colonel of Korsun Regiment Fedir Kandyba moved part of the Cossacks from Kurylivka (now Zhovtneve) village closer to the land that they handled. Most of them had a surname Shpota. Thus the village's name Shpotivka originated in 1870.

In 1873, the construction of the orthodox church began. On November 4, 1877, the сhurch was sanctified.

In 1884, a one-class school was opened in the village, built at the entrance to the village of Kapitanivka. The school was rebuilt several times.

The village is a birthplace to famous Ukrainian and American engineer and academician Stephen Timoshenko.