Hlukhiv
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Hlukhiv Глухів Глухов |
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Hlukhiv in 1900
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 Hlukhiv
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| Coordinates: 51°40′43″N 33°54′41″E / 51.67861°N 33.91139°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Sumy Oblast | ||
| First mentioned | 1152 | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • Total | 36,100 | ||
| Website | http://hlukhiv.com.ua/ | ||
Coordinates: 51°40′43″N 33°54′41″E / 51.67861°N 33.91139°E
Hlukhiv (Ukrainian: Глу́хів, Polish: Głuchów) or Glukhov (Russian: Глухов) is a small historic town on Yesman River. Currently it is a city of regional significance in the Sumy region of Ukraine, just south of the Russian border (see map).
It is known for being a capital of the Cossack Hetmanate after deposition of Ivan Mazepa in 1708-1764. As of 2005, the city's population is 36,100. Today near the city located the former Soviet Chervone Pustohorod air base. Beside the city of Hlukhiv, to the Hlukhiv municipality belongs a village Sliporod.
First noticed by chroniclers as a Severian town in 1152. Sometime in 1247 Hlukhiv became the seat of a branch of the princely house of Chernigov following the Mongol invasion of Rus. Between 1320 and 1503 it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania before being conquered by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In 1618 it became part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (in the Czernihów Voivodeship of the Crown of Poland) and was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1644 by Władysław IV Vasa. In 1648-1764 it was part of the Cossack Hetmanate within the Nizhyn Regiment (province).
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