Lebedyn

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Lebedyn (disambiguation) .

Lebedyn
Лебедин
	Lebedyn
Basic data
Oblast :	Sumy Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	130 m
Area :	16.7 km²
Residents :	25,617 (2016)
Population density :	1,534 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	42200
Area code :	+380 5445
Geographic location :	50 ° 35 '  N , 34 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '36 "  N , 34 ° 28' 55"  E
KOATUU :	5922900000
Administrative structure :	1 city, 3 villages
Address:	вул. Пушкіна 2 42200 м. Лебедин
Website :	http://www.lebedyn.info/
Statistical information
Lebedyn

Lebedyn ( Ukrainian and Russian Лебедин , Polish Łebedyn ) is a city in the northern Ukrainian Sumy Oblast with 25,600 inhabitants (2016) about 45 km southwest of the center of Sumy . It is the Rajonszentrum of the Lebedyn Rajons of the same name , but not part of it.

Memorial to the fallen of the Second World War in Lebedyn

The city is the center of the Rajons of the same name and lies on the banks of the Wilschanka River , a tributary of the Psels . In addition to Lebedyn, the municipality includes the villages Tokari (Ukrainian Токарі , 407 inhabitants), Kudaniwka (Ukrainian Куданівка , 272 inhabitants) and Olexenkowe (Ukrainian Олексенкове , 76 inhabitants). The place has numerous architectural monuments, including a trade council (1868) and the Assumption Church (1769).

history

Lebedyn was founded in 1652 and was the administrative center of a Ujesd in the Kharkov governorate during the Russian Empire . In 1897 there were 14,301 residents in the city, including 95.8% Ukrainians, 2.8% Russians, 0.8% Jews and 0.2% Poles.

The place received the status of the independent city in 1993.

sons and daughters of the town

In 1879 the painter and university professor Fedir Krychevskyj and in 1903 the opera and chamber singer Borys Hmyrja were born in the village.

See also

• Lebedyner beef

Web links

Commons : Lebedyn  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Łebedyn . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 5 : Kutowa Wola – Malczyce . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1884, p. 110 (Polish, edu.pl ).
• History of the city (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures on pop-stat.mashke.org