In the 11th century a settlement existed in the area, surrounded by a rampart and a moat.

L. Pokhylevych suggested that this was the settlement of Shepel (or Shopol), mentioned in the chronicle of 1098.

[1] Before the Chernobyl disaster, 1683 people lived in the village.

[2] The village belonged to the Novoshepelychi Raion administrative division from 1923.

Other near settlements are the villages of Stari Shepelychi, Kosharivka, and Benivka.