Trostianets or Trostyanets (, ; ) is a city in

Okhtyrka Raion Okhtyrka Raion () is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Okhtyrka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast wa ...

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of northeastern

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. It was the administrative center of Trostianets Raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020. The city lies on the Boromlya River, from

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. Landmarks include a neo-Gothic "round courtyard" (1749), the late Baroque church of the Annunciation (1744–50), the 18th-century

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palace, and a "grotto of nymphs" (an 1809 centenary memorial to the

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). The city has a population of Many were killed and the city was badly damaged during the

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History

Trostianets arose in the first half of the 17th century, during a new wave of migration of peasants and Cossacks from the

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. Another populated place with the

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(Trostianets) is located in the historic region of

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(Right-bank Ukraine). The migration was caused by defeat of Ukrainian forces at the

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in 1651 by the

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forces. The name of the city is associated with the name of the river Trostyanka, which flows nearby. Until 1765, Trostianets was under the jurisdiction of the Okhtyrka Regiment, then — part of

. From 1835 Trostianets was a part of

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of the

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situated within the

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. During 1864, the composer

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stayed at a villa in Trostianets when composing his overture ''The Storm''. From 1868 to 1874 the estate was owned by a

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merchant. In 1874, Trostianets was acquired by the great sugar producer Leopold Koenig. The last owner of the estate until 1917 was his son Julius. In 1877, by order of the Russian Minister of Railways, the Smorodyne locomotive depot was built in Trostianets and 12 steam locomotives were purchased. A local newspaper began to be published in Trostianets in 1930, and in the city after 1940.Тростянец // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 26. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1977.Тростянец // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. On 12 July 1940, Trostianets was granted administrative status as a city. During

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, the city was occupied by

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troops from October 1941 to August 1943. In January 1989 the population was 25,706 people.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

During the

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, Trostianets — strategically located between the larger settlements of Sumy and

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— was attacked by Russian forces shortly after the invasion was launched on 24 February and was captured by them on 1 March 2022. On 4 March, 2022, an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe was reported by local authorities. Trostianets was liberated by the Ukrainian

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on 26 March. The city suffered major damage to its infrastructure during the fighting and a Ukrainian official said that the retreating Russian troops had mined a local hospital. The villa Tchaikovsky had stayed in was among buildings destroyed by the Russian troops. The regional prosecutor's office in Sumy opened an investigation over evidence that Russian troops had thrown hand grenades at civilians protesting the Russian occupation of Trostianets on March 18. After the city had been liberated, the British newspaper ''

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'' found evidence of executions, torture and looting. During the fighting and shelling, the Krasnotrostyanets forest experimental station, located in the house of the manager of the estates of Leopold Koenig, was destroyed (an architectural monument of national importance). As a result of the fire, the chocolate factory "Ukraine" "

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" (formerly "

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") was partially destroyed. The estate of the Nadarzhinskys-Golitsyns, a monument in honor of the 183rd tank brigade, the Smorodino locomotive depot of 1877, and the shop of the merchant Fyodor Kurilo (1908, an architectural monument of local importance) were damaged. The town's hospital was shelled many times by Russian forces (at least twice from tanks). On March 2, 2024, a

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drone was shot down over Trostianets, and residential buildings were damaged as a result of falling debris. On March 14, 2024, Trostianets was shelled using the HESA Shahed 136 and

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. As a result of the shelling, the Trostianets City Hospital was damaged.

Population

Ethnicity

Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 census:

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Nature and recreation

Trostianets is located near the picturesque Neskuchnoye tract, where there are three lakes among a mixed pine-deciduous forest. The nearby arboretum almost merged with the forest. In 1995-1996, a sports recreation center was destroyed, located in a pine forest near one of the lakes. There are several architectural monuments in the city - the "Round Yard" of 1749, the Golitsyn's manor house, churches, the nymphs' grotto of 1809 and others, which are gradually being repaired and restored. Recently, picturesque plein-airs “Picturesque Trostianechchyna” have been held in Trostianets, as a result of which an exposition of paintings by artists from different countries was created in the former landowner's estate.

Industry

The most famous enterprise of Trostianets is the chocolate factory "Ukraine", one of the leading enterprises in the industry. This enterprise belongs to the company "

" (formerly "

"), which is known for its trademarks "Crown", "Alpen Gold", "Jacobs", "Tuc", "Barny" and Milka.

Transport

The railway line

–

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, stations Trostianets-Smorodyne and Rupino. The national road N12 passes through the town and connects

and

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Sports

Trostianets Trostianets or Trostyanets (, ; ) is a city in Okhtyrka Raion of Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Trostianets Raion, Sumy Oblast, Trostianets Raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020. The city lies ...

is a football club based in the city, which made its debut in the

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in the 2021–22 season. The team plays matches at the local Volodymyr Kuts Stadium, named after the Olympic champion Volodymyr Kuts (1927-1975), a native of Oleksyne, Trostianets Raion.

Notable people

Mykola Khvylovy Mykola Khvylovy ( ; born Mykola Hryhorovych Fitiliov []; – May 13, 1933) was a Ukrainian novelist, poet, publicist, and political activist, one of the founders of post-revolutionary Ukrainian prose, and one of the most famous representat ...

is a Ukrainian writer. The theorist of Ukrainian

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and the author of the slogan "Get away from Moscow!" * Leonid Tatarenko — Ukrainian writer. * Victor Dobrovolsky — scientist in the field of general mechanical engineering, teacher, rector of

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. * Vasily Podgorny, founder of the Podgornovtsy sect.

Gallery

Grot Nimf.JPG, Ruins of the Grotto of the Nymphs Trostyanets' Blagovischens'ka Tserkva01 Gor'kogo vul. (YDS 7696).JPG, Church of the Annunciation 59-250-0082 Trostianec Voznesenska Church SAM 8533.jpg, Ascension Church Trostyanets' Krugliy Dvir 02 Myru 16 (YDS 7705).JPG, Round yard Trostyanets'_Park_Neskuchne_Budynok_Upravytelya_01_Neskuchans'ka_5_(YDS_7802).JPG, The house of the manager of the estates of Leopold Koenig in Trostianetskyi Park, the location of the forest research station Trostyanets_Kenig's_mill_2.jpg, Leopold Koenig's economy rolling mill Trostyanets'_Magazyn_Kuptsya_Kuryla_Gor'kogo_26_(YDS_7760).JPG, Shop of the merchant F. Kuril in the center of the town

References

External links

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