Hlynsk ( uk, Глинськ) is a village of

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

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 ...

. The village is administered by its own rural council. The population is about 1.5 thousand. The settlement is known for its ties with

Mamai Mamai (Mongolian Cyrillic: Мамай, tt-Cyrl, Мамай, translit=Mamay; 1325?–1380/1381) was a powerful military commander of the Golden Horde. Contrary to popular misconception, he was not a khan (king), but a warlord and a kingmaker f ...

descendants and representatives of the

Glinski family Glinski, Glinskii, Glinsky, or Glinskiy ( pl, Gliński, Hliński, lt, Glinskis, russian: Глинский), is a family name. Feminine form: Russian: Glinskaya (Глинская), Polish: Glińska. It is shared by the following people: * Anna Glin ...

. Until the 19th century it was a city with its own

rathaus In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

Geography

The village is located on the banks of the

Sula River The Sula ( uk, Сула́; russian: Су́ла) is a left tributary of the Dnieper with a total length of 363 km and a drainage basin of 19,600 km². The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it form ...

which is a tributary of the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

. The village is located between two hydrological zakazniks (preserves), Andryashivka-Hudyma (established in 1977) and Bilovoda (established in 1980).

Historical landmarks

* St Nicholas church (built in 1790s by Sotnik Kryzhanovsky) revived in 1989 * Ruins of a fortress

External links

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The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR ''The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR'' ( uk, Історія міст і сіл Української РСР) is a Ukrainian encyclopedia, published in 26 volumes. It provides knowledge about the history of all populated places ...

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St.Nicholas Church
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