Konotop - a city of regional subordination in Sumy region, the administrative center. The city is situated on the left bank of the river Yezuch. Konotop located in the steppe zone of Ukraine. For the first time the city Konotop mentioned in 1634. At the time of Kievan Rus the land belonged to Putivlskogo principality. June 28, 1659 there was Famous Konotopskaya battle in which Vyhovsky routed Muscovite army. When Hetman Razumovsky Konotop belonged to the estates Kochubey. Today Konotop - city, great history is closely intertwined with the industrial present, with great historical and cultural potential.

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