Romny

"Romni" redirects here. For the ethnic group, see Romani (disambiguation).

This article is about the city in Ukraine. For the rural localities in Russia, see Romny, Russia.

Romny Ромни, Ромны
Former bank building in Romny Former bank building in Romny
Flag of Romny Flag Official seal of Romny Seal
Location of Romny
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy
City rights	1781
Area
• Total	65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation	171 m (561 ft)
Population (1 October 2012)
• Total	42,856
Website	http://forum.romny.info/

Romny (Ukrainian: Ромни́; Russian: Ромны́) is a city in the northern Ukrainian Oblast of Sumy. It is located on the Romen River and is the administrative center of the Romny Raion. The villages of Lutschky (438 inhabitants), Kolisnykove (43 inhabitants) and Hrabyne belong to the Romny city administration.

History

The city was founded in 902 AD. On September 16, 2002 the city celebrated its 1,100th anniversary. Romny was first mentioned in documents in 1096 (as Romen; the name, originally that of the river, is of Baltic origin, cf. Lithuanian romus 'quiet'). 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 the period between 1979 and 1989, the population rose from 53,016 to 57,502 inhabitants. During World War II, Romny was occupied by the German Army from September 10, 1941 to September 16, 1943.

Sights

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.

Gallery

• Romny - panoramio.jpg

  Downtown Romny

• Romny Voznesens'ka Tserkva 04 Soborna (Lenina) (YDS 6646).JPG

  Ascension Church in Romny

• Romny Budynok Konferentsiy 02 bul.Shevchenka 7 (YDS 4630).JPG

  Conference building

• Romny Duhovne Uchylysche 01 Schuchky 8 (YDS 6628).JPG

  Former seminary

• Romny Kostel 01 Gor'kogo 246 (YDS 6708).JPG

  Roman Catholic church in Romny

• Romny Kupets'kiy Torgivel'niy Budynok 01 Svobody (Zhovt.Revolut.) b-r 28 (YDS 6683).JPG

  Former trading house

• Romny Mis'ke Uchylysche 01 Soborna (Lenina) 43 (YDS 4555).JPG

  Historical school building

• Romny Mistse Provedennya Illins'kogo Yarmarku 01 Bazarna Ploscha (YDS 4636).JPG

  Market Square in Romny

• Romny Pam'yatnyk T.Shevchenku 00 1 bul.Shevchenka (YDS 6674).JPG

  Taras Shevchenko monument

• Romny Paroviy Mlyn Rubinchyka 01 Gor'kogo 106 (YDS 6698).JPG

  Steam mill in Romny

• Romny Povitoviy Shpytal' Golovniy Korpus 01 Moskovs'kiy b-r 29 (YDS 4720).JPG

  District hospital building

• Romny Real'ne Uchylysche 00 1 Soborna (Lenina) 33 (YDS 6634).JPG

  High school building

• Romny Vsihsvyats'ka Tserkva 05 Dudina 4 (YDS 6721).JPG

  Church of All Saints in Romny

• Romny Zems'ka Likarnya 01 Moskovs'kiy b-r 24 (YDS 6691).JPG

  Historic hospital building

• Bus station in Romny.JPG

  Bus station in Romny

Famous people from Romny

• Yevhen Adamtsevych
• Haim Arlosoroff, a notable Zionist leader
• Maksym Biletskyi
• Larisa Netšeporuk
• Pinhas Rutenberg, prominent engineer, businessman, a Russian socialist and a Zionist leader
• Grigory Sokolnikov, Soviet politician
• Joachim Stutschewsky, Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist
• Abram Ioffe, a prominent Soviet/Russian physicist
• Several of the founding members of Degania, the first kibbutz settlement in Palestine (1910)

External links

• Unofficial information Site Romny;
• Site Romen;