Hlobyne (, ; ) is a

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Kremenchuk Raion Kremenchuk Raion () is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Kremenchuk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Polt ...

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...

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. It hosts the administration of

Hlobyne urban hromada Hlobyne (, ; ) is a city in Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hlobyne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History It was a village in Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire. ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population:

History

It was a village in

Poltava Governorate Poltava Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796–1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Polt ...

of the

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. During

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it was occupied by German troops since September 1941 until September 1943. A

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was established in the buildings of the local sugar factory. In 1976, the urban-type settlement of Globino received the status of a city. City since December 1976.Глобино // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.312 Retrieved 2019-08-08 In January 1989 the population was 13 717 people. In January 2013 the population was 10 043 people. Until 18 July 2020, Hlobyne was the administrative center of

Hlobyne Raion Hlobyne Raion () was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the city of Hlobyne. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the nu ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of

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s of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Hlobyne Raion was merged into Kremenchuk Raion.

Geography

Globino is located in the central part of

, 37 km from the district center (

Kremenchuk Kremenchuk (; , , also spelt Kremenchug, ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of Kremenchuk Raion and Kremenchuk urban hromada within ...

), 96 km from the regional center (

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). The city is located on the

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, in the forest steppe natural zone, on the left bank of the Dnieper valley. The city is fed by a tributary of the Psel River. Chernozems dominate the territory of the Globino. The climate of the Globino is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is −3.7 °C, in July it is +21.4 °C, the amount of precipitation is 480–580 mm/year, which falls mainly in the summer as rain.Заставний Ф. Д. Географія України. У 2-х кн. / Ред. M. П. Паpцeй. – Львів: Світ, 1994. – 472 с. Retrieved 2025-07-05 Regional highways and a railway (Poltava- Olexandria) run through the city.Булава Л. М
Природа та населення Полтавської області. Навчальний посібник.
– Полтава: Полтавський обласний інститут післядипломної освіти педагогічних працівників ім. М.В. Остроградського, 2017. – 42 с. Retrieved 2025-07-05

Gallery

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Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood o ...

monument File:Hlobine 1.jpg, Cosmonauts Street in Hlobyne

References

{{Authority control Cities in Poltava Oblast Kremenchugsky Uyezd Populated places established in 1976 Cities of district significance in Ukraine