Izium

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Izyum
native_name = Ізюм
nickname =


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Izyum city view


image_shield = Герб Изюма.gif
motto =

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mapsize = 250px
map_caption = Map of Ukraine with Izyum highlighted.
subdivision_type = Country
Oblast
Raion
subdivision_name =Ukraine
Kharkiv Oblast
Iziumskyi Raion
established_title = founded
established_date = 1681
established_title1 = city
established_date1 = 1685
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Vladimir Sepity
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 43.6
area_land_km2 =
area_water_km2 =
population_as_of = 2001
population_note =
population_total = 56100
population_metro =
population_density_km2 =
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pushpin_label_position =
pushpin_map_caption =Location of Izium
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latd=49 |latm=12 |lats=46 |latNS=N
longd=37 |longm=15 |longs=25 |longEW=E
elevation_m =
|postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 64300
area_code = 380-5743
blank_info = АХ|blank_name=Licence plate|, ХА, ХК
blank1_info = Krasnogorsk|blank1_name=Sister cities|, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk
website = http://www.kharkivoda.gov.ua/show.php?page=izumska
footnotes =

Izyum ( _uk. Ізюм; also spelled "Izium", "Izum"), is a city situated on the Donets River in the Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Iziumsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located approximately 75 miles (120 km) southeast of the oblast capital, Kharkiv.

First mentioned in 1571 in connection with the Izium Warpath of the Crimean Tatars, Izyum was a significant centre of the Sloboda Ukraine and home to a regiment of Cossacks between 1688 and 1765. The delight of the visitor to the town is the five-domed Baroque cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration (1684). Its remarkable similarity to the old cathedral of Kharkov betrays the hand of the same master. The cathedral was renovated in 1902 and restored in 1955. The churches of Ascension (1819-21) and of St. Nicholas (1809-23) rank among the finest Neoclassical buildings in the region.

External links

* [http://izyum.kharkov.ua/ Unofficial City Website]
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043123 Encyclopedia Britannica Online]
* [http://www.ukrainebiz.com/Community/izyum_city.htm City Page on www.ukrainebiz.com]