Buryn ( uk, Бури́нь, ) is a

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Konotop Raion Konotop Raion ( uk, Конотопський район, ) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Konotop. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine ...

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 ...

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. It was the administrative center of

Buryn Raion Buryn Raion ( uk, Буринський район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place whe ...

until it was abolished on 18 July 2020. The population estimate is Between 24 February and 4 April 2022, the city was under Russian occupation.

Geography

Buryn is a relatively small, cozy town/small city situated on the banks of the Chasha River. A dam across the Chasha has created a substantial lake, which is now surrounded by specially planted yew trees. Buryn is home to Putyvl railway station of

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. Roads , , and pass through the city.

Etymology

The origin of the name of the city of Buryn is unknown, although there are some assumptions. Some associate the ancient Russian city of Byrin, which is mentioned in the "List of Rus Cities Distant and Near" of the XIV century, with Buryn, but this theory is not confirmed by archaeological finds. There is also a version that Buryn was inhabited in the XVII century by migrants from the village of Borynia (now in

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

), because even now in Borynia and Buryn live representatives of ancient families: Haiduky (Gaidukov), Siplyvy, Boyko, etc.

History

The first written mention of the village of Borin (in some other handwritten sources also known as Barin) is dated to 1688, as evidenced by the "Heographic Encyclopedic Word" edited by A. F. Trosnikov (Moscow, publishing house "Svetskaya incyclopedia", 1989, p. 88). It was settled by free Cherkasians (so then Muscovites called Ukrainians) on the lands of the lands of The Chaskyi and Osletskyi towns, which were called "wild fields" and belonged to the popes of Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker Velykoretsky in

Putyvl Putyvl′Frank SysynBetween Poland and the Ukraine: The Dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600-1653 - P. 25. (, ) or Putivl′ ( rus, Пути́вль, p=pʊˈtʲivlʲ) is a city in north-east Ukraine, in Sumy Oblast. The city served as the administrative c ...

. According to the 6th revision, 1,080 males lived in the church settlement. Subsequently, Buryn became the sloboda and the center of the Putyvl Volost district of Kursk Province. For 80 years in the XVII century, the village was in the possession of the church, and since 1769 belonged to different landowners. As of 1862, there were 2,893 people (1,412 men and 1,481 women) living in 360 farms, and there was an Orthodox Church and a school. In 1869 Putyvl railway station was built, then called ''Krasne''. At least 90 residents died during the

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-organized

Holodomor The Holodomor ( uk, Голодомо́р, Holodomor, ; derived from uk, морити голодом, lit=to kill by starvation, translit=moryty holodom, label=none), also known as the Terror-Famine or the Great Famine, was a man-made famin ...

of 1932-1933. During the

2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Buryn came under Russian occupation on their way towards

Konotop Konotop ( uk, Конотоп ) is a city in Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion. Konotop is located about 129 km from Sumy, the oblast administrative center. It is host to Ko ...

, however during the Russian pullout in early April, the city was liberated and is now back under Ukrainian control. On September 18, 2022, an F3 tornado struck the town, killing one and injuring eight people.

Economy

Among the leading enterprises of the city is PJSC "Buryn Dry Milk Plant", whose products are known not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia, Georgia, and Armenia. 124 thousand tons of products can be placed on the Buryn scale. This is one of the largest enterprises of the district, which works steadily.

Gallery

File:Аллея в Бурынском парке.jpg, City park File:Buryń, a street.jpg, Streets in Buryn' File:Залізничні колі ст Путивль (Буринь).jpg, Railway station File:Локомотив истории.jpg, Locomotive monument at Putyvl railway station

References

{{Authority control Cities in Sumy Oblast Putivlsky Uyezd Cities of district significance in Ukraine