Trostianets

Trostianets (also Trostyanets; Ukrainian: Тростянець) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative district of Trostianets Raion. Trostianets is located on the Boromlya River, 59 km (37 mi) from Sumy. Landmarks include a neo-Gothic "round courtyard" (1749), the late Baroque church of the Annunciation (1744–50), the 18th-century Galitzine palace, and a "grotto of nymphs" (an 1809 centenary memorial to the Battle of Poltava). Population: 19,985 (2020 est.)[1]

Trostianets Тростянець
Galitzine Palace in Trostyanets
Flag Coat of arms
Country region area	Ukraine Sumy Oblast Trostianets Raion
Population  (2020)
• Total	19 985

History

It was a settlement in Akhtyrka uyezd in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since 1930.[2] City since 1940.[3][4]

During World War II, city was occupied by the Axis troops from October 1941 to August 1943.

In January 1989 the population was 25 706 people.[5][4]

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
2. № 3108. Ленинским путём // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.406
3. Тростянец // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 26. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1977.
4. Тростянец // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991.
5. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу

External links

• (in Ukrainian) Unofficial city portal