Hrun, Okhtyrka Raion, Sumy Oblast Explained

Official Name:Hrun
Native Name:Грунь
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hrun in Sumy Oblast##Location of Hrun in Ukraine
Coordinates:50.2378°N 34.6025°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2: Okhtyrka Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Hrun rural hromada
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1665
Population:2,220

Hrun (Ukrainian: Грунь) is a village in Okhtyrka Raion, in Ukraine's central Sumy Oblast. It is the administrative centre of Hrun rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 2,220 .[1]

History

Hrun was first mentioned in 1665.[2] Under the Cossack Hetmanate it was the capital of the, part of the Hadiach Regiment.[3]

The village was taken over by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in December 1917. An Association for Joint Cultivation of Land named Zghoda was also established in the village in 1924. During World War II 295 residents of Hrun were killed.[2]

Until 1959 Hrun was the centre of . After the raion was abolished, the village became part of Okhtyrka Raion.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. Web site: Грунська громада . Hrun hromada . 1 January 2024 . gromada.info . uk.
  2. Web site: 22 July 2016 . Грунь, Охтирський район, Сумська область . Hrun, Okhtyrka Raion, Sumy Oblast . 1 January 2024 . . uk.
  3. Web site: Siryi . Oleksandr . 7 October 2021 . Грунь – сотенне містечко Гадяцького полку . 1 January 2024 . Sumy Historical Portal . uk.
  4. Web site: Історична довідка . Historical resources . 1 January 2024 . . uk.