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Lebedin
Lebedyn ( uk, Лебеди́н, ) 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: 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. In the 1897 census the town had a population of 14,301 (6,871 men, 7,430 women), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executions Of Cossacks In Lebedin
Executions of Cossacks in Lebedin ( uk, Катівня в Лебедині), (russian: Казни казаков в Лебедине) in 1708–1709 was a large-scale execution of Ukrainian Cossacks suspected of having sided with Hetman Ivan Mazepa after his break with Tsar Peter I during the Great Northern War. Cossack officials summoned to the Council of Hlukhiv who did not report to it were arrested, tortured and executed for treason. The exact number of victims is not known, but the minutes of the historical accounts indicate at least 900. Background The persecutions started with a decree by Tsar Peter issued on 1 November 1708 which read "And those who by this Decree, having forgotten the fear of God and the Oath to Us, the Great Tsar, and the wholeness and indivisibility of the Motherland from him, the thief and traitor Mazepa, and from this enemy shall not depart, and to Us, the Great Tsar, would not return in the course of this month, i.e. by the 1st of December 1708, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebedin Uyezd
Lebedinsky Uyezd (russian: Лебединский уезд) was an ''uyezd'' (district) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. History This ''uyezd'' was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The administrative centre of the ''uyezd'' was the small town Lebedin. In September 1781 it received its own coat of arms. The ''uyezd'' had two towns (Lebedin and Nedrigailov) and consisted of 27 ''volosts''. In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the ''uyezd'' was 234,182. By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, the ''uyezd'' was transformed into the '' Lebedin raion''. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Lebedinsky Uyezd had a population of 178,144. Of these, 95.3% spoke Ukrainian, 4.4% Russian, 0.2% Yiddish and 0.1% Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebedinsky Uyezd
Lebedinsky Uyezd (russian: Лебединский уезд) was an ''uyezd'' (district) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. History This ''uyezd'' was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The administrative centre of the ''uyezd'' was the small town Lebedin. In September 1781 it received its own coat of arms. The ''uyezd'' had two towns (Lebedin and Nedrigailov) and consisted of 27 ''volosts''. In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the ''uyezd'' was 234,182. By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, the ''uyezd'' was transformed into the '' Lebedin raion''. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Lebedinsky Uyezd had a population of 178,144. Of these, 95.3% spoke Ukrainian, 4.4% Russian, 0.2% Yiddish and 0.1% Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Lebedyn
The battle of Lebedyn was a series of clashes that began on 26 February 2022 at the city of Lebedyn, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, as a part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Timeline 26–27 February On the evening of 26 February, Ukrainian forces held the Russian Forces on the outskirts of the city. The Russians reportedly suffered significant losses. At 22:45, a battle began in Kamiane. Five soldiers were brought to the hospitals of Lebedyn on the morning of 27 February. Almost all of them were wounded in and around Batiutenko Street. According to the Regional Centre of Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine, no wounded civilians arrived. On the night of 27 February, 37-year-old Olexandr Smilian, born in Kapustyntsi, died in the battle of Lebedyn . 28 February In the afternoon, a column of Russian military vehicles went to Trostianets coming from the direction of Lebedyn. About 18:00, Ukrainian troops reportedly destroyed a Russian military base at near Lebedyn with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharkov Governorate
The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called the Sloboda Ukraine Governorate. In 1780-1796 there existed the Kharkov Viceroyalty. From 1765 to 1780, the Sloboda–Ukraine Governorate existed. In 1780, the Kharkov Viceroyalty was established and lasted until 1796. In 1835, the Viceroyalty was again reorganized into the Sloboda-Ukrainian Governorate, and from 1835 onwards, the Kharkov Governorate was formed, which existed until 1925. With each reorganization, the boundaries and administrative structure change significantly. The main state tax implementation, processing, and publishing of statistical information for the Kharkov governorate were the Kharkov Governorate Statistical Committee. History Slobozhanshchyna, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebedinsky Oil Plant
Lebedinsky Oil Plant is a Ukrainian oil refining enterprise. The company was founded in late 1994 with the support of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Oil Refining Industry "Masma" (Kyiv) on the basis of a former military facility as a company with a modern name. The design production capacity was 50 thousand tons per year. See also * List of oil refineries * Azov Lubricants and Oils Azov Lubricants and Oils (AZMOL British Petrochemicals) is a petrochemical company located in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Today AZMOL British Petrochemicals is the largest producer of lubricants in Ukraine.{{cite web, url=http://www.talk-finan ... References Companies established in 1995 Companies of Ukraine by city Economy of Ukraine by city History of Sumy Oblast Oil refineries in Ukraine {{Ukraine-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebedyn (air Base)
Lebedyn is a former air base in Ukraine located 5 km southeast of Lebedyn city in Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r .... It is a badly neglected 1960s-era airstrip, and was likely intended for wartime aircraft dispersals. ReferencesRussianAirFields.com Soviet Air Force bases {{Sumy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebedyn Raion
Lebedyn Raion ( uk, Лебединський район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the town of Lebedyn, which was administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Sumy Oblast to five. The last estimate of the raion population was References Former raions of Sumy Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform {{Sumy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiane, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Kamiane ( uk, Кам'яне) is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhzhia Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine, but was formerly administered within Vilniansk Raion. Population: . Kamiane is the administrative center of the Kamiane Council, a local government area. The settlement was first founded in 1886 as a settlement Voznesenivka or Vozdvyzhenka ( uk, Велика Катеринівка). After the World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... it was renamed as Kamiane. On 11 February 1986 it became an urban-type settlement. References External links * Populated places established in 1886 1886 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Zaporizhia-geo-stub Urban-type settlements in Zaporizhzhia Raion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naukova Dumka
Naukova Dumka ( uk, Наукова Думка — literally "scientific thought") is a publishing house in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1922, largely owing to the efforts of Ahatanhel Krymsky, a prominent Ukrainian linguist and orientalist. It is one of the oldest scientific and academic publishing houses in the former Soviet Union and became known as ''Naukova Dumka'' in 1964, before which it simply functioned as the official publisher of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. It continues its operations in Ukraine, publishing primarily scientific and historical works as well as dictionaries. See also *List of publishing companies of Ukraine This is a list of publishing companies in Ukraine. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Publishing companies of Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after R ... References History of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumy Region
Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most recent form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy. Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka. The oblast has a heavy mix of agriculture and industry, with over 600 industrial locations. Importantly, seven rivers pass through the oblast. Geography The Sumy Oblast is situated in the northeastern part of Ukraine. It is situated on a border of two historical regions of Ukraine — Cossack Hetmanate (annexed by Russia in the 18th century as Little Russia, previously known as Severia) and Sloboda Ukraine. Elevation is 110 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
