765 residents fought for the Soviet Union during World War II, and the Red Army recaptured the village during the 1943 Battle of the Dnieper after it had been previously occupied by Nazi Germany.

[3] A group of ten Ukrainian soldiers ambushed a Russian convoy near the village of Verkhnia Syrovatka on 1 March 2022.

Five of the Ukrainians were killed, and more than ten Russian vehicles were reportedly destroyed.

[4] One notable landmark in Verkhnia Syrovatka is the Church of the Dormition, constructed by cultural figure Oleksandr Palytsyn [uk] in 1805.

It was closed by Soviet authorities and used as an observation tower during World War II before being restored in the 1990s.