Lebedyn

Lebedyn
Лебедин
City
Former Lebedyn City Council, built in 1913–1915
Former Lebedyn City Council, built in 1913–1915
Flag of Lebedyn
Flag
Official seal of Lebedyn
Seal
Lebedyn is located in Sumy Oblast
Lebedyn
Lebedyn
Lebedyn is located in Ukraine
Lebedyn
Lebedyn
Coordinates: 50°34′59″N 34°28′56″E / 50.58306°N 34.48222°E / 50.58306; 34.48222
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionSumy Raion
HromadaLebedyn urban hromada
First mentioned1654
Population
 (2022)
 • Total23,892
Websitehttp://lebedyn.com.ua/

Lebedyn (Ukrainian and Russian: Лебедин, Ukrainian pronunciation: [ɫebeˈdɪn]) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Lebedyn is located in Sumy Raion. Before July 2020, Lebedyn served as the administrative center of Lebedyn Raion; it was administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. Population: 23,892 (2022 estimate).[1] An air base is located nearby. The city also has a railway station.

History

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Lebedyn was built in 1653 as a small wooden fortress (ostrog) of the Tsardom of Russia.[2] Lebedyn reportedly got its name from the nearby Lebedyn Lake.[3]

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.[4]

Since April 1780,[5] it was the administrative centre of Lebedin uyezd in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire[6] The district had a territorial extent of 2723.1 versts,[6] or around 1,805 miles, with Lebedyn its capitol.[5]

Map of the Lebedinsky Uzed with relation to the Kharkov Governorate

In the 1897, census the town had a population of 14,301[6] (6,871 men,[6] 7,430 women[6]), while the District as a whole had a total of 178,144[6] (88,681 men,[6] 89,463 women[6]) inhabitants.

Following the creation of the Lebedyn Raion on the 7 of March 1923,[7] Lebedyn remained the capitol[8][7] of the new regional administration.

During World War Two from October 11, 1941, to February 21, 1943, and from March 10 to August 19, 1943, Lebedyn was under German occupation.[9]

In 1994, an oil plant was opened in Lebedyn.[10]

On the 27 of February 2022, a series of clashes broke out in Lebedyn, with Ukrainian elements defending on the outskirts of Lebedyn at the town of Kamiane at 10:45 PM that day.[11]

At around 7:30 AM, March 5, 2022, Russian forces launched an airstrike on infrastructure in Lebedyn.[12] This included multiple private homes of civilians and cars, as well as gas stations.[12] By 4 April Russian troops had withdrawn from the Sumy region.[13][14]

By April 7, Sumy Oblast, including Lebedyn, regained its communications.[15]

Culture

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Visitors are welcomed by the local history museum, the city art museum, three libraries, the city center of culture and leisure, a children's art school, a sports school, a house of children and youth creativity, a young technicians' station, and others. The Lebedyn Art Museum is a prominent center of spirituality and culture, standing at the origins of the revival of spiritual culture.

The city's amateur artists and individual performers strive to convey to the audience the beauty of folk songs and dances. A significant contribution to the promotion of national culture in Sumy region was made by members of the Lebedynska Pisnia amateur folk ensemble, the 43rd Missile Division Veterans Choir, the Bal and Arrow groups, the Veselka dance group, and the Sunflower dance group.

In Lebedyn, children also glorify their city by singing, and the exemplary amateur children's ensemble "Feyerii" is always happy to welcome new students.The amateur folk vocal ensemble "Lebedynska Pisnia" is a source of inspiration for the realization of creative ideas. It is from them that the undying love for folk songs flows. Iryna Kapusta, the head of the Sunflower dance group, creates extremely interesting dance compositions that are well known not only to the residents of the city but also beyond.

It has become a tradition in Lebedyn to hold the Ukrainian song festival "In the Name of a Glorious Fellow Countryman" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of B. R. Hmyrya's birth.

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  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. ^ Ivchenko, Andriĭ (2005). Vsi{u0361}a Ukraina: putevoditelʹ (in Russian). Kartografīi͡a. ISBN 978-966-631-618-2.
  4. ^ 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 978-966-00-1028-4.
  5. ^ a b "ПГМ Лебединский уезд 1 вёрстная - старая карта для навигатора". 2013-09-14. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  7. ^ a b "Statistical information about the administrative units of Ukraine on the Verkhovna Rada website".
  8. ^ del, Russian S. F. S. R. Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh (1922). Sbornik guberniĭ, uezdov i volosteĭ Rossiĭskoĭ Sot︠s︡ial. Federat. Sovetsk. Respubliki, Ukrainskoĭ Sot︠s︡ialistich. Sovetskoĭ Respubliki i Sot︠s︡ialistichesk. Sovetskoĭ Respubliki Belorussii (in Russian). Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo.
  9. ^ "Герої Лебедина". Лебедин | Офіційний сайт Лебединської міської ради (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  10. ^ "Лебединський нафтомаслозавод". Енциклопедія Сучасної України - Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  11. ^ Лілія, Христенко (February 27, 2022). "Enemy equipment continues its course to Kyiv through Sumy region. Fighting continues". Суспільне | Новини. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  12. ^ a b Alina (2022-03-07). "Окупанти знищили хлібозавод на Сумщині". AgroNews (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  13. ^ Podolskyi, Yevhenii (2022-04-04). "Russian troops withdraw from Sumy region in eastern Ukraine". DIP. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  14. ^ "Russian troops no longer hold any settlements in Ukraine's Sumy region, says governor". National Post. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  15. ^ "Украинский мобильный оператор восстановил связь в Бучанском районе и Сумской области". NV (in Russian). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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