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Trostianets

Trostianets
Тростянець
Galitzine Palace in Trostyanets
Galitzine Palace in Trostyanets
Flag of Trostianets
Flag
Coat of arms of Trostianets
Coat of arms
Country
region
area
Ukraine
Sumy Oblast
Trostianets Raion
Population (2001)
 • Total 23,300

Trostianets (also Trostyanets; Ukrainian: Тростянець) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Trostianets Raion, Ukraine. It is located on the Boromlya River, 59 km (37 mi) from Sumy. The city population is 23,300 (2001). The district of Trostyanets has 49 settlements, inhabited by 41,700 people governed by 16 village councils and the town.

Local sights 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).

"Round courtyard" in Trostianets

Annunciation Church

Old merchant shop in Trostianets

Ascension Church

Old mill

Forest sculpture near Trostianets

Nymph grotto

Trostianets park

Coordinates: 50°28′N 34°57′E / 50.467°N 34.950°E / 50.467; 34.950


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