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Putyvl

Coordinates: 51°19′N 33°52′E / 51.317°N 33.867°E / 51.317; 33.867
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Putyvl
Путивль
Flag of Putyvl
Official seal of Putyvl
Location of Putyvl
Putyvl is located in Ukraine
Putyvl
Putyvl
Location in Ukraine
Putyvl is located in Sumy Oblast
Putyvl
Putyvl
Putyvl (Sumy Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°19′N 33°52′E / 51.317°N 33.867°E / 51.317; 33.867
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionKonotop Raion
HromadaPutyvl urban hromada
First mentioned1146
Area
 • Total8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Elevation
177 m (581 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total14,886

Putyvl (Ukrainian: Путивль, IPA: [pʊˈtɪu̯lʲ] ; Russian: Путивль, IPA: [pʊˈtʲivlʲ])[1] is a city in Sumy Oblast, in north-east Ukraine. The city served as the administrative center of Putyvl Raion until the administrative reform in 2018; now it is under the jurisdiction of Konotop Raion. Population: 14,886 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

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Putyvl, Prokudin-Gorskiy, start of 1900s

One of the original Siverian towns, Putyvl was first mentioned as early as 1146 as an important fortress contested between Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi principalities of Kievan Rus. The song of Yaroslavna on the walls of Putyvl is the emotional culmination of the medieval Lay of Igor's Campaign and Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor.

In the 14th century, it was captured by Lithuania.[3] After the Battle of Vedrosha in 1500, Putyvl was ceded to Muscovy. During the Time of Troubles, the town became the center of Ivan Bolotnikov's uprising and briefly a base for the False Dmitry I forces. It was occupied by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1607 and 1619.

Putyvl was part of Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire prior to the Bolshevik Revolution.[citation needed] Putyvl, along with some surrounding villages, was transferred to the Ukrainian SSR on 16 October 1925.[4] During the Second World War, Putyvl was under German occupation between 10 September 1941 and 3 September 1943. Soviet partisans led by Sydir Kovpak participated in guerrilla warfare against the Germans in the forests all over Northern Ukraine.

Putyvl was occupied by Russian troops early in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] It was liberated by Ukrainian forces in 2 April 2022.[6]

Architecture

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The Movchansky monastery

The main architectural monument of Putivl is the Movchansky Monastery, which dates largely to the 17th century. The foundations of its three-domed cathedral, dedicated to the Nativity of the Theotokos, belong to the 1590s, but the main part of the church is one of the earliest Baroque structures in the region, described in its entirety by Paul of Aleppo in 1654. The cathedral displays strong influence of Muscovite architecture, especially in detailing and sculptural decor.

Apart from the monastery, Putyvl also possesses the Cossack Baroque church of St. Nicholas (1735–37) and the Saviour Cathedral, a singular hybrid of Ukrainian and Russian church architecture, started in 1617 and incorporating such typically Muscovite features as onion domes. Remaining parts of 17th-century fortifications are visible close at hand; these include the gates and several towers, one of which was built up into a bell tower in 1700.

Demographics

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According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 17,274 inhabitants. Putyvl is home to a large Russian population, which makes up a bit less than half of the town's population. For comparison, ethnic Russians only account for 9,4% of the total population of the Sumy Oblast. The city is the only settlement in the region with a population of more than 10.000 inhabitants, of the majority speaks the Russian language natively. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:[7] [8]

Ethnic groups in Putyvl
percent
Ukrainians
50.52%
Russians
48.52%
Belarusians
0.31%
others
0.16%
First languages in Putivl
percent
Russian
62.9%
Ukrainian
36.8%
Belarusian
0.1%
others
0.1%
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References

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  1. ^ Frank Sysyn. Between Poland and the Ukraine: The Dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600-1653. - P. 25.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. p. 323.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ ЗЗНРСУСРСР/1926/1/4/Про урегулювання кордонів Української СРР з Російською СФРР та Білоруською СРР  (in Ukrainian) – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Довбня, Христина; Марковська, Юлія (2 October 2023). ""Біля нас росіяни облаштували пост, але ми продовжували пекти хліб". Як працює путивльська пекарня з початку вторгнення". Suspilne (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 6". Institute for the Study of War (Press release). Apr 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Національний склад міст". Datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  8. ^ "Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001" [All-Ukrainian population census 2001]. 2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
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