Sumy
| Sumy Суми Сумы | |||
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Ukrainian Academy of Banking in Sumy | |||
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  Sumy Суми Сумы Location within Ukraine | |||
| Coordinates: 50°55′N 34°45′E / 50.917°N 34.750°ECoordinates: 50°55′N 34°45′E / 50.917°N 34.750°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Sumy Oblast | ||
| Raion | Sumy | ||
| Founded | 1655 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Oleksandr Lysenko (Batkivshchyna)[1] | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 145 km2 (56 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 270,870[2] | ||
| • Density | 1,988/km2 (5,150/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 40000-40035 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 542 | ||
| Website | http://www.meria.sumy.ua | ||
Sumy (Ukrainian: Суми [ˈsumɪ], Russian: Сумы) is a city in north-eastern Ukraine, and the capital of the Sumy Oblast (region). In 2015, the city's population was 269,000.[3] Private planes are served by Sumy Airport.
History
Sumy was founded in 1652 at the bank of the Psel River (a left tributary of the Dnieper) as a Cossack fortress. It was intended to protect Sloboda Ukraine from the Crimean Tatar attacks. After their attacks ceased and the territory was incorporated into the Russian Empire, Sumy evolved into an important economical centre, mainly focusing on sugar industry.
During the German occupation of Ukraine during World War II (1941 – 1944), Sumy sustained heavy damage. Sumy was occupied from October 10, 1941 to September 2, 1943. After the war, the destroyed parts of the city were built anew. Sumy has been a twin town of Celle, Germany since January 17, 1990.
The city used to be divided into two urban raions (districts), Zarichny and Kovpakovsky, and 13 micro-raions. The first were dissolved in 2006.[4]
Demographics
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1850 | 11,500 | — |
| 1897 | 27,564 | +139.7% |
| 1913 | 50,400 | +82.8% |
| 1926 | 44,000 | −12.7% |
| 1939 | 69,000 | +56.8% |
| 1959 | 98,000 | +42.0% |
| 1970 | 159,000 | +62.2% |
| 1979 | 231,558 | +45.6% |
| 1989 | 293,706 | +26.8% |
| 2001 | 295,847 | +0.7% |
- 1897 - 70.53% Ukrainians, 24.1% Russians, 2.6% Jewish, 2.67% others
- 1926 - 80.7% Ukrainians, 11.8% Russians, 5.5% Jewish, 2% others
- 1959 - 79% Ukrainians, 20% Russians, 1% others
The majority of residents are Christians (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics and Protestant or Evangelical Christians). There is also a Jewish minority.
From the beginning of the twentieth century, Sumy was the center of Roman Catholicism in the northeastern Ukraine. The Blessed Virgin Mary Annunciation Church was established in the city in 1901 and consecrated in 1911, but closed by governmental authorities two decades later; the churchhouse was thereafter used for non-religious purposes (e.g., it was used as a gym for Oleksandrivska Gymnasia) until its restoration as a Roman Catholic parish in May 1994, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. It was reconsecrated in the Spring of 1998.
Sights
- The city centre is dominated by the large cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration. It is a neoclassical structure of the 18th century, extensively repaired and reconstructed in 1858 and in the 1880s, when the 56 metre (180 ft) high bell tower was added. The interior features frescoes by Vladimir Makovsky and Klavdiy Lebedev.
- The Resurrection Church (1702), the oldest structure in the town, is still in fair preservation, owing to recent restoration work.
- The cathedral of the monastery of St. Pantaleon was erected in 1911 to a design by Aleksey Shchusev and is scored to resemble medieval monuments of Novgorod and Pskov.
- A lovely church of Saints Peter and Paul is in the town’s cemetery. It was built in 1851 on the donations of Sumy citizens. Beside the church there are tombs of the Kharytonenkos and Sukhanovs with artistic monuments by the famous sculptors – A. Croisy and M. Antokolski.
- The Cathedral of Holy Trinity was built in 1902-1914 on the same pattern as the Cathedral of St. Isaac in St. Petersburg. The author of the design was Sumy architect G. Sholts. It was built at the expense of Pavlo Kharitonenko, the local manufacturer and Maecenas who fulfilled his father’s last will. Icon-painting is by famous artist M. Nesterov. The work on the decorative design was not completed because of the revolutionary events of 1917.
Museums
The Sumy Regional Art Museum was opened in 1920. It was started from nationalized private collections of the town and district. Paintings of Taras Shevchenko, Vladimir Borovikovsky, I. Shyskin, Arkhip Kuindzhi and Tetyana Yablonska are on display, including a Dutch landscape by a painter of Jan van Goyen's circle. Today the museum is one of the most outstanding art centres which contains unique paintings and works of applied art. The building of the early 20th century originally belonged to the State Bank.
The Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1920. In the years of fascist occupation the most important items of its collections were lost. Today it contains unique collections covering archeology and natural history of the Sumy region. It is located in the building of the 19th century which originally was the seat of the district government. In 1905 it was given to the printing house and publishing house of the first Sumy newspapers. In different years the building was visited by A. Kuprin and V. Korolenko, the famous Russian writers.
The Chekhov Museum, located in Chekhov street is an architectural complex representing Lintvarev’s country estate of the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1888 and 1889 a great writer and dramatist Anton Chekhov was dreaming to settle in Luka forever but his dream did not come true. “Abbacia and the Adriatic Sea are wonderful, but Luka and Psiol are better” – he wrote in his letter from Italy to his friends in Sumy in 1894. This is also a place where Anton Chekhov's brother, Nikolai Chekhov, died in 1889.
The Museum of Banking history in the Sumy oblast and the History of Ukrainian Money was founded in 2006 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking on the basis of a unique collection of Ukrainian bonds – the paper money out of circulation, which were given to the academy by the National Bank of Ukraine. The exposition of the bonds is arranged in the thematic-chronological order - from the first appearance of money to the present day. In addition to the numerous historical documents, photographs, metal money (coins, souvenir bars), and commemorative medals of the National Bank of Ukraine, there is an exhibition presenting technical appliances used in the banking industry in the late 20th century.
Sports
Sumy is home to the Ukrainian First League football team FC Sumy.
The Ukrainian Premier League football club FC Kharkiv were leasing the city's state-of-the-art Yuvileiny Stadium.
Weather and climate
Sumy is located in the northeastern part of Ukraine. So its weather is similar to that in Kharkov. Sumy's climate is moderate continental: cold and snowy winters, and hot summers. The seasonal average temperatures are not too cold in winter, not too hot in summer: −6.9 °C (19.6 °F) in January, and 20.3 °C (68.5 °F) in July. The average rainfall totals 513 mm (20 in) per year, with the most in June and July.
| Climate data for Sumy, Ukraine (1949-2011) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
30.0 (86) |
33.6 (92.5) |
36.1 (97) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.4 (102.9) |
31.1 (88) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.8 (73) |
11.5 (52.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.9 (25) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9.3 (15.3) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.8 (37) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.2 (−29.6) |
−32.8 (−27) |
−27.8 (−18) |
−11.1 (12) |
−3.9 (25) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.0 (41) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−22.9 (−9.2) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.5 (2.185) |
32.9 (1.295) |
47.1 (1.854) |
46.9 (1.846) |
61.9 (2.437) |
69.9 (2.752) |
81.3 (3.201) |
87.4 (3.441) |
49.6 (1.953) |
48.2 (1.898) |
43.8 (1.724) |
50.9 (2.004) |
675.4 (26.591) |
| Average precipitation days | 20.7 | 18.4 | 15.7 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 16.2 | 21.1 | 153.5 |
| Average snowy days | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 74 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86.4 | 84.3 | 79.3 | 65.6 | 64.0 | 68.1 | 70.9 | 66.6 | 75.1 | 81.0 | 87.2 | 88.5 | 76.4 |
| Source #1: Climatebase.ru[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weatherbase[6] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Trinity Cathedral
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Catholic Church
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Elias Church
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Altanka
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Sumy in spring of 2010
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Shopping street in Sumy
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City centre
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Hotel Shafran
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Old architecture in Sumy
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Sumy in Winter
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An exhibition centre in Sumy
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Park in Sumy
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"Kyiv" department store
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Sumy regional administration
Famous people from Sumy
- Karl Burman (1882–1965), Estonian architect; was born in Sumy
- Lev Yefimovitch Kerbel, Soviet sculptor
- Oleh Husyev (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
- Ekaterina Tsibulskaya, polyglot, traveller, philosopher, historian
- Bogdan Titomir (born 1967), Russian musician, rapper and DJ
- Viktor Yushchenko (born 1954), President of Ukraine
- Valj Semerenko (born 1986), Ukrainian biathlete
- Vita Semerenko (born 1986), Ukrainian biathlete
- Volodymyr Holubnychy (born 1936), best Olympic race walker ever
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Sumy is twinned with:
References
- Notes
- ↑ http://oporaua.org/en/vybory/miscevi-vybory-2014/article/5732-u-sumah-ogolosyly-rezultaty-vyboriv-mera-peremig-oleksandr-lysenko
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/05/29/7027390/ - ↑ "Population Quantity". UkrStat (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ministry of Statistics" (PDF).
- ↑ Verkhovna Rada website
- ↑ "Sumy, Ukraine Climate Data". Climatebase. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Sumy, Ukraine". Weatherbase. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Stadt Celle". www.celle.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ↑ "Miasta Partnerskie Lublina" [Lublin - Partnership Cities]. Urząd Miasta Lublin [City of Lublin] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-07. External link in
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- (English)(Ukrainian)(Russian) City of Sumy travel guide
- (Ukrainian) Independent regional Web-portal - news, features, entertainment & tourism info
- (Ukrainian) Sumy administration
- (English) Sumy travel guide
- Medical institute of Sumy State University
- The Sumian Historical Web-Society
- (Ukrainian) Regional Web-portal, open business-directory of the city
- Portal Sumy - news, weather, calendar, map, ad
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