Lebedyn

Lebedyn (Ukrainian: Лебеди́н) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Lebedyn serves as the administrative center of Lebedyn Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 25,617 (2015 est.)[1] An air base is located nearby.

Lebedyn Лебедин
City
Ascension Church
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Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy Oblast
Raion	Lebedyn Raion
First mentioned	1654
Population  (2015)
• Total	25,617
Website	http://lebedyn.com.ua/

History

Lebedyn was built in 1653 as a small wooden fortress (ostrog) of the Tsardom of Russia[2].

In 1708 the settlement was a site of executions of Cossacks in Lebedin, in which supporters of Ivan Mazepa were mass executed on the orders of Peter the Great.[3]

Since April 1780 it was the administrative centre of Lebedin uyezd in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Gallery

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  St. Nicholas Church
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  Resurrection Church
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  Intercession Church
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  Former city hall
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  Old market
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  World War II memorial

See also

• Lebedyn, Cherkasy Oblast

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
2. Лебедин // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 24. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1953. стр.383
3. О. Г. Бажан. Лебедин // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — К. : Наук. думка, 2009. — Т. 6 : Ла — Мі. — С. 63. — ISBN 978-966-00-1028-1.