Sumy Oblast (Сумська область, Sums’ka oblast’ or Сумщина, Sumshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) in the north-east of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Sumy. Image File history File links Sumy-oblast-COA.PNG File links The following pages link to this file: Sumy Hlukhiv Sumy Oblast Putyvl Shostka Okhtyrka Konotop Romny Template:Cities in Sumy Oblast Trostyanets ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1181x825, 16 KB) Map of Ukraine with highlighted Oblast made by Sven Teschke, Germany, 2004 --Steschke 09:33, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC) see also: english version: Image:Map_of_Ukraine_political_enwiki. ... Image File history File links Map of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine Adapted from http://www. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: оÌблаÑÑ) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Sumy is a town in the Ukraine Sumy region. ...
The area of the region is 23,800 km², and the population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.3 million. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...
The oblast was formed in 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: ÐÑкÑÐ¾Ñ ÐндÑÑÐ¹Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ð®Ñенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the President of Ukraine. ... Sydor Kovpak Sydir Artemovych Kovpak (Ukrainian: ; Russian: , Sidor Artyomovich Kovpak) (June 7, 1887 – December 11, 1967) was a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine. ...
In the oblast there is a clear understanding that foreign trade is a significant ingredient of the process of recovery and further enhancement of the oblast economy, especially in the conditions of the limited inner demand, and taking into account the fact that almost all Ukrainian business today is tied to foreign-economic operations.
Having a common border with three oblasts of Russia, Sumyoblast is among the initiators of the development of frontier cooperation and the creation of Council of Frontiers Oblasts of Russia and Ukraine.
In Sumy there is the residence of the head of the oblast administration, of the oblast Parliament (Oblast Rada), there functions regional representatives of the majority of political parties, civic organizations and religious confessions.