Buryn

Buryn' Буринь
Buryn town centre
Coat of arms
Country region area	Ukraine Sumy Oblast Buryn Raion
First mentioned	1688
Population (2015)
• Total	8,836

Railway station Putyvl, located in Buryn

Buryn (Ukrainian: Буринь) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Buryn Raion. Population: 8,836 (2015 est.)^[1]

The first mention of it in the chronicles is dated by 1688. This small cosy town is situated at the banks of the Chasha River. A dam across the Chasha has created a substantial lake, which is now surrounded by specially planted yewtrees. The following notable persons were born in Buryn:

• Hudylin Oleksandr Kostiantynovych, a Ukrainian air engines constructor;
• Kolesnyk Rayisa Samsonivna, an opera singer;
• Kamins'kyi Lenor Volodymyrovych, a jurist, militia colonel;
• Fandiukhin Oleksandr Oleksandrovych, a marine colonel;
• Konoplin Ivan Stepanovych, a writer, Russian army officer, Soviet spy and Nazi collaborationalist;
• Pavlov Vsevolod Volodymyrovych, a Soviet egyptologist;
• Horodys'ka Henrieta Yakivna, a Soviet biologist;
• Anokhin Vasyl' Serhiiovych, a Ukrainian writer;
• Podderiohin Anatolii Viktorovych, a Ukrainian financier;
• Ryzhkov Vitalii Leonidovych, a Soviet biologist;
• Zhakhalov Valentyn Volodymyrovych, a Ukrainian poet;
• Ovchynnykov Mykhailo Mykhailovych, a Russian forest scientist;
• Novachenko Mykola Petrovych, a Soviet surgeon;
• Konoplenko Vsevolod Pavlovych, a Soviet scientist and pedagogue.

Gallery

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  City park
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  Streets in Buryn'
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  Railway station

References

Coordinates: 51°12′N 33°51′E / 51.200°N 33.850°E / 51.200; 33.850