Sumy

Sumy is a city in north eastern Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. Sumy additionally serves because the place of business of Sumy Raion of Sumy oblast. Sumy is administratively integrated as a town of oblast importance and does no longer belong to the raion. As of 2015 its populace is envisioned at 267,633. Sumy becomes based by way of Cossack Herasym Kondratyev from Stavyshche, Bila Tserkva Regiment at the bank of the Psel River, a tributary of the Dnieper.

The date of its basis is a topic of discussion in 1652 or 1655. In 1656 to 58 on the website online of Sumyn early agreement under leadership of Muscovite voivode K. Arsenyev, there was constructed a metropolis castle that consisted of a fortress and a grad. In 1670s it changed into improved by adding a fortified posad and then Sumy has become the largest fortress of Sloboda Ukraine. Since 1658 Sumy became a center of the Sumy Cossack Regiment. In 1680s round Sumy commenced to form unfortified suburbs.