Sumy

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Sumy is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River and has a population of 256,474 (2022 estimate), making it the 23rd-largest in the country.

The city of Sumy was founded in the 1650s by Cossacks within the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. The city experienced rapid development starting from the second half of the 19th century and became a centre of sugar, machine building, metalworking, and textile industry, as well as an important trade fair location. Today, Sumy is one of the chief industrial and cultural centres in Northern Ukraine.

Sumy was founded by the Cossack Herasym Kondratyev from Stavyshche, Bila Tserkva Regiment on the banks of the Psel River, a tributary of the Dnieper. Whether it was founded in 1652 or 1655 remains a subject of discussion. In 1656–1658, at the site of the early Sumy settlement, under the leadership of the Muscovite voivode K. Arsenyev, a city fort was built, consisting of a fort and a grad (town).

In the 1670s, Sumy was expanded with the addition of a fortified posad (craftsman town), after...

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