Lebedyn
{{Short description|City in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{update|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Lebedyn
| native_name = Лебедин
| settlement_type = City
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| image_flag = File:Lebedyn prapor.png
| image_seal = File:Lebedyn gerb.png
| image_skyline = Міська управа.Лебедин.JPG
| image_caption = Former Lebedyn City Council, built in 1913–1915
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name1 = Sumy Oblast
| subdivision_name2 = Sumy Raion
| population_total = 23892
| population_as_of = 2022
| established_date = 1654
| established_title = First mentioned
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine
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| coordinates = {{coord|50|34|59|N|34|28|56|E|region:UA_type:city(28700)_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| website = http://lebedyn.com.ua/
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Lebedyn urban hromada
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Lebedyn (Ukrainian and {{langx|ru|Лебедин}}, {{IPA|uk|lebeˈdɪn}}) 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: {{Ua-pop-est2022|23,892|.}} 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.Лебедин // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 24. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1953. стр.383 Lebedyn reportedly got its name from the nearby Lebedyn Lake.{{Cite book |last=Ivchenko |first=Andriĭ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FYjAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD+1780 |title=Vsi{u0361}a Ukraina: putevoditelʹ |date=2005 |publisher=Kartografīi͡a |isbn=978-966-631-618-2 |language=ru}}
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.О. Г. Бажан. [http://www.history.org.ua/?encyclop&termin=Lebedyn_misto Лебедин] // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — К. : Наук. думка, 2009. — Т. 6 : Ла — Мі. — С. 63. — {{ISBN|978-966-00-1028-4}}.
Since April 1780,{{Cite web |date=2013-09-14 |title=ПГМ Лебединский уезд 1 вёрстная - старая карта для навигатора |url=http://gdenashel.ru/starie-karti/4069-pgm-lebedinskij-uezd-1-vyorstnaya.html |access-date=2022-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914185940/http://gdenashel.ru/starie-karti/4069-pgm-lebedinskij-uezd-1-vyorstnaya.html |archive-date=2013-09-14 }} it was the administrative centre of Lebedin uyezd in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_gub_97.php?reg=46 |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=www.demoscope.ru}} The district had a territorial extent of 2723.1 versts, or around 1,805 miles, with Lebedyn its capitol.
File:Kharkov Governorate Lebedinsky uezd.svg
In the 1897, census the town had a population of 14,301 (6,871 men, 7,430 women), while the District as a whole had a total of 178,144 (88,681 men, 89,463 women) inhabitants.
Following the creation of the Lebedyn Raion on the 7 of March 1923,{{Cite web |title=Statistical information about the administrative units of Ukraine on the Verkhovna Rada website |url=http://static.rada.gov.ua/zakon/new/ADM/zmist.html}} Lebedyn remained the capitol{{Cite book |last=del |first=Russian S. F. S. R. Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxVAAAAAYAAJ&dq=%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5+%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD&pg=PA107 |title=Sbornik guberniĭ, uezdov i volosteĭ Rossiĭskoĭ Sot︠s︡ial. Federat. Sovetsk. Respubliki, Ukrainskoĭ Sot︠s︡ialistich. Sovetskoĭ Respubliki i Sot︠s︡ialistichesk. Sovetskoĭ Respubliki Belorussii |date=1922 |publisher=Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo |language=ru}} of the new regional administration.
During World War Two from October 11, 1941, to February 21, 1943, and from March 10 to August 19, 1943, Lebedyn was under German occupation.{{Cite web |title=Герої Лебедина |url=https://lebedynrada.gov.ua/місто/історія-лебедина/geroї-lebedina/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=Лебедин {{!}} Офіційний сайт Лебединської міської ради |language=uk}}
In 1994, an oil plant was opened in Lebedyn.{{cite web|url=https://esu.com.ua/search_articles.php?id=53579|title=Лебединський нафтомаслозавод|website= Енциклопедія Сучасної України - Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine |access-date=April 23, 2022}}
On the 27 of February 2022, a series of clashes broke out in Lebedyn, with Ukrainian elements defending on the outskirts of Lebedyn at the town of Kamiane at 10:45 PM that day.{{Cite news |last=Лілія |first=Христенко |date=February 27, 2022 |title=Enemy equipment continues its course to Kyiv through Sumy region. Fighting continues |work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини |url=https://suspilne.media/211572-voroza-tehnika-cerez-sumsinu-prodovzue-kurs-na-kiiv-trivaut-boi/? |access-date=November 16, 2022}}
At around 7:30 AM, March 5, 2022, Russian forces launched an airstrike on infrastructure in Lebedyn.{{Cite web |last=Alina |date=2022-03-07 |title=Окупанти знищили хлібозавод на Сумщині |url=https://agronews.ua/news/okupanty-znyshhyly-hlibozavod-na-sumshhyni/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=AgroNews |language=uk}} This included multiple private homes of civilians and cars, as well as gas stations. By 4 April Russian troops had withdrawn from the Sumy region.{{Cite web |last=Podolskyi |first=Yevhenii |date=2022-04-04 |title=Russian troops withdraw from Sumy region in eastern Ukraine |url=https://dip.org.ua/en/news-of-the-mfa-of-ukraine/russian-troops-withdraw-from-sumy-region-in-eastern-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=DIP |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2022-04-04 |title=Russian troops no longer hold any settlements in Ukraine's Sumy region, says governor |language=en |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/russian-troops-no-longer-hold-any-settlements-in-ukraines-sumy-region-says-governor |access-date=2022-11-16}}
By April 7, Sumy Oblast, including Lebedyn, regained its communications.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-07 |title=Украинский мобильный оператор восстановил связь в Бучанском районе и Сумской области |url=https://biz.nv.ua/tech/vodafone-ukraina-vosstanovil-svyaz-v-ryade-gorodov-kievskoy-i-sumskoy-oblastey-novosti-ukrainy-50231937.html |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=NV |language=ru}}
Culture
Visitors are welcomed by the local history museum, the city art museum, three libraries, the city center of culture and leisure, a children's art school, a sports school, a house of children and youth creativity, a young technicians' station, and others. The Lebedyn Art Museum is a prominent center of spirituality and culture, standing at the origins of the revival of spiritual culture.
The city's amateur artists and individual performers strive to convey to the audience the beauty of folk songs and dances. A significant contribution to the promotion of national culture in Sumy region was made by members of the Lebedynska Pisnia amateur folk ensemble, the 43rd Missile Division Veterans Choir, the Bal and Arrow groups, the Veselka dance group, and the Sunflower dance group.
In Lebedyn, children also glorify their city by singing, and the exemplary amateur children's ensemble "Feyerii" is always happy to welcome new students.The amateur folk vocal ensemble "Lebedynska Pisnia" is a source of inspiration for the realization of creative ideas. It is from them that the undying love for folk songs flows. Iryna Kapusta, the head of the Sunflower dance group, creates extremely interesting dance compositions that are well known not only to the residents of the city but also beyond.
It has become a tradition in Lebedyn to hold the Ukrainian song festival "In the Name of a Glorious Fellow Countryman" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of B. R. Hmyrya's birth.
Gallery
File:Lebedyn - Mykolaivska church.JPG|St. Nicholas Church
File:Lebedyn - Voskresenska church.JPG|Resurrection Church
File:Lebedyn Pokrovs'ka Tserkva 02 Pokrovs'ka (R.Luksemburg) 44 (YDS_6072).JPG|Intercession Church
File:Lebedyn Budynok Mis'koyi Upravy 01 Inetnattsional'na pl. 10 (YDS 6085).JPG|Former city hall
File:Lebedyn Market.jpg|Old market
File:Lebedyn Second World War Memorial.jpg|World War II memorial
See also
References
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Category:Cities in Sumy Oblast