50°45′N 33°28′E / 50.750°N 33.467°E / 50.750; 33.467

Romny
Ромни
Former bank building in Romny
Former bank building in Romny
Flag of Romny
Official seal of Romny
Romny is located in Ukraine
Romny
Romny
Romny is located in Sumy Oblast
Romny
Romny
Coordinates: 50°45′N 33°28′E / 50.750°N 33.467°E / 50.750; 33.467
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
Raion Romny Raion
First mentioned1096
City rights1781
Area
 • Total65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation
171 m (561 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total37,765
Websitehttp://forum.romny.info/

Romny (Ukrainian: Ромни́, IPA: [romˈnɪ] ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located on the Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion and hosts the administration of Romny urban hromada [uk], one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 37,765 (2022 estimate).[1]

History edit

 
Soviet-era coat of arms
 
2001-2015 flag

The city was founded in AD 902. On September 16, 2002, the city celebrated its 1,100th anniversary. Romny was first mentioned in documents in 1096 (as Romen, Cyrillic: Ромен; the name, originally that of the river, is of Baltic origin, cf. Lithuanian romus 'quiet'[2]). At various times, it passed under Mongol, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian rule. By 1638, the city had a population of 6,000 inhabitants, which made it by far the largest settlement in the area. In 1781, the city was granted a charter by the Tsarina Catherine II.

In Romny the first statue of Taras Shevchenko was erected on 27 October 1918 when the city was located in the newly established Ukrainian state, but it was preserved as part of the Soviet Union Ukrainization-policy's.[3]

Unimaginable suffering was inflicted on the people of Romny during the years of Bolshevik rule, two world wars, famines, and repressions.[4] During the Holodomor of 1932–1933, organized by the Soviet authorities, at least 2274 residents of the city died.

The concrete statue in Romny began to decay in the 1950s, but was remade in bronze and re-unveiled in 1982.[3] The original version of the monument is located on Kyiv's Andriyivskyy Descent.[3]

During World War II, Romny was occupied by the German Army from September 10, 1941, to September 16, 1943. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the city.[5]

In the period between 1979 and 1989, Romny's population rose from 53,016 to 57,502 inhabitants.

In 2022, a series of military engagements occurred near Romny during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Population edit

Language edit

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[6]

Language Percentage
Ukrainian 93.95%
Russian 5.70%
other/undecided 0.35%

Geography edit

Climate edit

Climate data for Romny (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.3
(27.9)
−1.5
(29.3)
4.4
(39.9)
13.8
(56.8)
20.7
(69.3)
23.6
(74.5)
25.6
(78.1)
24.9
(76.8)
18.6
(65.5)
11.7
(53.1)
3.4
(38.1)
−1.3
(29.7)
11.8
(53.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.9
(23.2)
−4.7
(23.5)
0.6
(33.1)
8.5
(47.3)
14.8
(58.6)
18.1
(64.6)
19.9
(67.8)
18.9
(66.0)
13.3
(55.9)
7.3
(45.1)
0.7
(33.3)
−3.7
(25.3)
7.4
(45.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −7.5
(18.5)
−7.7
(18.1)
−2.9
(26.8)
3.9
(39.0)
9.3
(48.7)
13.0
(55.4)
14.8
(58.6)
13.6
(56.5)
8.8
(47.8)
3.6
(38.5)
−1.7
(28.9)
−6.1
(21.0)
3.4
(38.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 42.3
(1.67)
39.6
(1.56)
39.7
(1.56)
41.2
(1.62)
48.3
(1.90)
74.3
(2.93)
77.9
(3.07)
53.9
(2.12)
56.8
(2.24)
46.1
(1.81)
45.8
(1.80)
43.1
(1.70)
609.0
(23.98)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 9.5 8.7 8.5 7.5 7.4 9.4 8.3 6.6 7.8 7.1 8.2 8.9 97.9
Average relative humidity (%) 85.7 82.9 78.3 68.5 65.5 71.0 72.5 70.7 77.1 81.4 87.8 87.7 77.4
Source: World Meteorological Organization[7]

Sights edit

The cathedral of the Holy Spirit, founded in 1735 in place of a wooden church, is a four-pillared cathedral designed in the Ukrainian Baroque style and is surmounted by three pear-shaped domes, each placed on a tall cylinder. Although the cathedral dates back to the 1740s, the building of the nearby belfry and winter church was not undertaken until 1780.

Another noteworthy building is the church of the Ascension, which also has three domes, but was constructed later, in 1795–1801, and adjoins a Baroque belfry built in 1753–63.

Local government edit

Beside the city itself, the city municipality also serves as government for a village Kolisnykove and a settlement Luchky.

The city also has administration of the surrounding Romny Raion.

Notable people edit

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 355.
  3. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) 100 years ago the first monument to Taras Shevchenko was built for the Hetmanate, Radio Svoboda (14 October 2018)
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083319/http://shron.chtyvo.org.ua/Piatachenko_Serhii/Holodomor_na_Sumschyni_u_spohadakh_ochevydtsiv_Knyha_2.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-12-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Gefängnis Romny". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
  7. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

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