Konotop

Konotop is a town in Sumy Oblast in northern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion. Konotop is administratively incorporated as a town of oblast importance and does now not belong to the raion. Konotop is positioned approximately 129 km from Sumy, the oblast place of business. It is host to Konotop air base. During the start of the 17th Century, Cossacks had been first based totally in that location. The agreement changed into first cited in 1635 in diverse files as Novoselytsia. In 1642 a Polish fortress changed into constructed in that area named after the river Konotop.

Probably the river disappeared, and any other one became created, Yezuch. The fortification became a key factor in the conflict against the Moscow kingdom. In 1659 the Battle of Konotop took place close to the city, in which Cossacks led by using Ivan Vyhovsky defeated Muscovite forces. In 1782 Konotop became granted municipal rights. During World War II, Konotop was occupied through the German Army from 3 September 1941 to 6 September 1943.