Baturyn

Baturyn (, ) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It is located in Nizhyn Raion (district) on the banks of the Seym River. It hosts the administration of Baturyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Baturyn
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Батуринська фортеця-11.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Baturyn Fortress Citadel
Settlement.image_seal: Герб Батурин.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Baturyn flag.png
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Chernihiv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nizhyn Raion
Settlement.population_total: 2406
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.area_total_km2: 700
Settlement.established_date: 1625
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Chernihiv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.timezone: EET

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

History
Early history
Cossack capital
In the Russian Empire
Modern era
Kyrylo Rozumovskyi Palace
See also
Gallery
References
References
External links

Baturyn is twinned with Cobham, a Kent parish in the south east of the United Kingdom. The twinning agreement was signed in a virtual ceremony on 11 March 2025.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baturyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.