Konotop
Sign in to saveKonotop ( ; ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion within the oblast. Konotop is located about from Sumy, the administrative center of the oblast. It is host to Konotop Air Base. The population is
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Konotop is a city in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy Oblast region that serves as the administrative center for its surrounding district. The city is notable for hosting Konotop Air Base, a significant military installation in the region.
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Key facts
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- City
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- Konotop Montage 2017.png
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- 270px
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- Counterclockwise (from upper right): Shukhov Tower, Myr Cinema, Ascension Cathedral, Konotop City Council Building, Konotop railway station and tram, Monument of Horse
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- Country
- Settlement.official_name
- Konotop
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- Coat of arms of Konotop.svg
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- Flag of Konotop.svg
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- Oblast
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- Raion
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- Sumy Oblast
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- Name
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Demographics
- Ethnicity
- Economy
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- Notable people
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Konotop ( ; ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion within the oblast. Konotop is located about from Sumy, the administrative center of the oblast. It is host to Konotop Air Base. The population is
==Name== The word konotop denotes a place where horses drowned, that is, any swampy, impassable place. The word itself comes from "horses stomp", which was transformed into a noun with the help of the word-forming method of baseline. Konotop is a common Slavic toponym; settlements with this name exist not only in Ukraine, but also in Poland, Belarus and Russia. In several dialects of Ukrainian, the konotop () also refers to the herbaceous plant, common knotweed.