Lebedyn
Lebedyn
Лебедин | |
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City | |
Ascension Church | |
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![]() ![]() Lebedyn | |
Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E / 50.58306°N 34.48222°ECoordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E / 50.58306°N 34.48222°E | |
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Oblast | ![]() |
Raion | Lebedyn Raion |
First mentioned | 1654 |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 24,238 |
Website | http://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[]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- Cities in Sumy Oblast
- Kharkov Governorate
- Cities of regional significance in Ukraine
- Cities and towns built in the Sloboda Ukraine
- Ukraine geography stubs