Hlukhiv, Ukraine
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Hlukhiv Глухів Głuchów (in Polish) Глухов (in Russian) |
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Hlukhiv in 1900
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 Hlukhiv
Hlukhiv
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| Coordinates: 51°40′43″N 33°54′41″E / 51.67861°N 33.91139°ECoordinates: 51°40′43″N 33°54′41″E / 51.67861°N 33.91139°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Sumy Oblast
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| Raion | City of Hlukhiv | ||
| First mentioned | 1152 | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 33,794 | ||
| Website | http://hlukhiv.com.ua/ | ||
Hlukhiv (Ukrainian: Глу́хів, Polish: Głuchów) or Glukhov (Russian: Глухов) is a small historic town on the Yesman River. Currently it is a city of regional significance in the Sumy region of Ukraine, just south of the Russian border. Hlukhiv is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Hlukhiv Municipality includes Hlukhiv and the village of Sliporod. Hlukhiv also serves as administrative center of Hlukhiv Raion but does not belong to the raion. Population: 33,794 (2015 est.)
It is known for being a capital of the Cossack Hetmanate after deposition of Ivan Mazepa in 1708-1764. The former Soviet Chervone Pustohorod air base is located near Hlukhiv.
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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