| LC control no. | n 81005212 |
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| Geographic heading | Sumy (Ukraine) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ukraine--Sumy |
| Variant(s) | Sumy, Ukraine Sumi (Ukraine) |
| Found in | Dolhin, H. Sumy, 1963. GeoNET, 10-19-98 (Sumy, pp.: 50°55ʹ11ʺN, 34°46ʹ55ʺE) BGN gaz., USSR (Sumy, ppl.: 50°54ʹN, 34°48ʹE) Shtetl seeker, 10-19-98 (Sumy; 50°54ʹ / 34°48ʹ; 190.2 miles ENE of Kiev) Atlas avtomobilʹnykh shli︠a︡khiv Ukraïny, 1997: p. 33 (Sumy) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 5, p. 103-104 (Sumy, a city at the confluence of the Psol and Sumka rivers and an oblast center. It was founded in 1652 by peasants and Cossacks from the Bila Tserkva Regiment in Right-Bank Ukraine led by H. Kondratiev as a fortress to protect the territory from the Tatars. It was the center of Sumy Regiment (1658-1765) and the seat of administration for all the regiments of Slobidska Ukraine (1732-43). It then became the center of Sumy Province of Slobidska Ukraine Gubernia (1765-80) and a county center in Kharkiv Viceregency (1780-96), and Slobidska Ukraine Gubernia (1796-1835), and Kharkiv Gubernia (1835-1923). During the Soviet period Sumy was an okruha center (1923-30), a raion center of Kharkiv Oblast, and then an oblast center from 1939) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 50°55ʹ11ʺN 034°46ʹ55ʺE;) |
| Geographic area code | e-un--- |
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