Lebedyn
Lebedyn
Лебедин | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Ascension Church | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Lebedyn .svg) Lebedyn | |
| Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E / 50.58306°N 34.48222°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Sumy Oblast |
| Raion | Lebedyn Raion |
| First mentioned | 1654 |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 25,617 |
| Website | http://lebedyn.com.ua/ |
Lebedyn (Template:Lang-uk) 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.
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 -
Resurrection Church -
Intercession Church -
Former city hall -
Old market -
World War II memorial
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See also
References
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
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