Lebedyn

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Lebedyn
Лебедин
City
Ascension Church
Ascension Church
Flag of Lebedyn
Flag
Official seal of Lebedyn
Seal
Lebedyn is located in Sumy Oblast
Lebedyn
Lebedyn
Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E / 50.58306°N 34.48222°E / 50.58306; 34.48222Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E / 50.58306°N 34.48222°E / 50.58306; 34.48222
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
RaionLebedyn Raion
First mentioned1654
Population
 (2021)
 • Total24,238
Websitehttp://lebedyn.com.ua/

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: 24,238 (2021 est.)[1] An air base is located nearby. The city also has a railway station.

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[]

  • St. Nicholas Church

  • Resurrection Church

  • Intercession Church

  • Former city hall

  • Old market

  • World War II memorial

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  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.
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