Krolevets - district center in Sumy region, a city of regional subordination. Located on the banks of richy Ret and its tributary rivers Svydni where there was a known Krolevetsky fair. Distance from regional center is 149 km (highway R44). Krolevets located in the steppe of Upland. The population is 23,809 people. In 1601 settlers founded a town called Krolevets - in honor of King (Krul - in Polish king). The city is located at the crossroads of trade routes, which led to rapid growth. In 1644 King Władysław IV granted the city of Magdeburg Law. During the war between Peter Doroshenko, and Ivan Bryuhovetsky Krolevets burned. Poland did not want to give up Krolevets and in 1686 gave him of. The city lived and worked such prominent figures as Lucas Nikolai - poet and translator (translation of "Faust", "Decameron") Gryschenko Alexey - the famous artist, whose works remain in France, the U.S. and partly in Ukraine.

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