Lebedyn
city in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
Lebedyn (Ukrainian and Russian: Лебедин, Ukrainian pronunciation: [lebeˈdɪn] ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, in north-eastern 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). 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. Lebedyn reportedly got its name from the nearby Lebedyn Lake.
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.
Since April 1780, it was the administrative centre of Lebedin uyezd in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire The district had a territorial extent of 2723.1 versts, or around 1,805 miles, with Lebedyn its capitol.
The public source identifies “Lebedyn” as city in Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lebedyn, city and Sumy.
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