Izium
Izium Ізюм | |
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Coordinates: 49°12′46″N 37°15′25″E / 49.21278°N 37.25694°E | |
Kintra Oblast Raion | Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast Iziumskyi Raion |
foondit | 1681 |
ceety | 1685 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Vladimir Sepity |
Area | |
• Total | 43.6 km2 (16.8 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 56,100 |
Postal code | 64300 |
Area code(s) | 380-5743 |
Licence plate | АХ |
Sister ceeties | Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast |
Website | http://www.kharkivoda.gov.ua/show.php?page=izumska |
Izyum (Ukrainian: Ізюм; an aa spelled Izium, Izum), is a ceety situatit on the Donets River in the Kharkiv Oblast (province) o eastren Ukraine. Servin as the admeenistrative centre o the Iziumsky Raion (destrict), the ceety itsel is an aa designatit as a separate raion athin the oblast, an is locatit approximately 75 mile (120 km) sootheast o the oblast caipital, Kharkiv.
First mentioned in 1571 in connection wi the Izium Warpath o the Crimean Tatars, Izyum wis a significant centre o the Sloboda Ukraine an hame tae a regiment o Cossacks atween 1688 an 1765. The delicht o the visitor tae the toun is the five-domed Baroque cathedral o the Saviour's Transfiguration (1684). Its remarkable similarity tae the auld cathedral o Kharkiv suggests the haund o the same maister. The cathedral wis renovatit in 1902 an restored in 1955. The kirks o Ascension (1819-21) an o St. Nicholas (1809-23) rank amang the finest Neoclassical biggins in the region.
Durin Warld War II, the Red Airmy held a lairge brigheid here, allouin for a salient that wis cut aff bi coonterattackin German forces an eliminatit in ane o the maist expensive learnin errors for the Reid Airmy.
See an aa
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in Ukrainian) Unoffeecial Ceety Wabsteid Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- (in Inglis) City Page on www.ukrainebiz.com
Coordinates: 49°12′46″N 37°15′25″E / 49.21278°N 37.25694°E
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