10 Facts About Sumy

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Sumy is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast.

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City of Sumy was founded in the 1650s by the Cossacks within the region of Sloboda Ukraine.

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Sumy was founded by Cossack Herasym Kondratyev from Stavyshche, Bila Tserkva Regiment on the bank of the Psel River, a tributary of the Dnieper.

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From 1658 Sumy was a center of the Sumy Cossack Regiment .

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On 24 February 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sumy came under attack by Russian forces in the Battle of Sumy.

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Sumy is located in the northeastern part of Ukraine within the Central Russian Upland and in the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine.

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Sumy's climate is a warm-summer humid continental with cold and snowy winters, and hot summers.

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Sumy is a city of oblast significance which makes a separate subdivision within the Sumy Oblast.

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Sumy is an administrative center of Sumy Raion which surrounds the city.

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10.

Sumy is home to the Ukrainian Second League football team FC Sumy.

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