Lebedyn ( uk, Лебеди́н, ) is a 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 ...
,
Ukraine. Lebedyn is located in
Sumy Raion
Sumy Raion ( uk, Сумський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong ...
. 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
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 M ...
, in which supporters of
Ivan Mazepa were mass executed on the orders of
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
.
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
), 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,
Lebedyn remained the capitol
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.
In 1994 an
oil plant
Vegetable oils, or vegetable fats, are oils extracted from seeds or from other parts of fruits. Like animal fats, vegetable fats are ''mixtures'' of triglycerides. Soybean oil, grape seed oil, and cocoa butter are examples of seed oils, or fa ...
was opened in Lebedyn.
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.
At around 7:30 AM, March 5, 2022, Russian forces launched an airstrike on infrastructure in Lebedyn.
This included multiple private homes of civilians and cars, as well as gas stations.
This notwithstanding the battle resulted in a Ukrainian victory no later than April 4 as Russian troops retreated from the Sumy region.
By April 7,
Sumy region, including Lebedyn, regained its communications.
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
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Lebedyn, Cherkasy Oblast
References
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Cities in Sumy Oblast
Lebedinsky Uyezd
Cities of regional significance in Ukraine
Cities and towns built in the Sloboda Ukraine