Seredyna-Buda

Seredyna-Buda
Середина-Буда
Saint Nicholas Church
Seredyna-Buda
Location of Seredyna-Buda
Seredyna-Buda
Seredyna-Buda (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 52°11′09″N 34°02′18″E / 52.18583°N 34.03833°E / 52.18583; 34.03833
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionShostka Raion
HromadaSeredyna-Buda urban hromada
Founded1650
Government
 • MayorOleksandr Hryhorovych
Area
 • Total
27.03 km2 (10.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
7,500
Postal code
41000
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20140222101001/http://s-buda.gov.ua/

Seredyna-Buda (Ukrainian: Середина-Буда) is a city in Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast of northeastern Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Seredyna-Buda Raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020.[1] It is located on Bryansk to Konotop branch line and is served by the railway station Zernove. Population: 6,888 (2022 estimate).[2] In 2001, the population was 7,500.[3]

Geography

Seredina-Buda is located on the border of Ukraine with Russia, on the slopes of the Central Russian Upland. The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +19 °C, in January -7.5 °C. The maximum amount of precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 650 mm. [4][5]

Seredina-Buda is located in the Desna River basin (Dnieper basin). The territory is covered with coniferous and deciduous forests. The most common forests are pine, oak-linden and oak. The forests are rich in mushrooms and berries.[5][4]

History

Seredyna-Buda was founded in the 17th century by Old Believers migrated from Russia. It has had town status since 1964.[6]

As of May 17, 2022, it was one of the cities in the territory of which active hostilities with Russian Armed Forces were conducted during of Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7][8]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Seredyna-Buda had a population of 7,526 inhabitants. Ethnic Ukrainians constitute a strong majority, yet Russian is most common language in the settlement due to its proximity to the Russian border. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:[9][10]

Ethnic groups in Seredyna-Buda
percent
Ukrainians
81.58%
Russians
17.57%
Belarusians
0.28%
Armenians
0.13%
others
0.44%
Native languages (2001)
percent
Russian
86.1%
Ukrainian
13.8%
others
0.1%

References

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  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Кількість наявного населення. 2001". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  4. ^ a b Географія Сумської області: особливості природи, соціально-економічного розвитку та раціонального природокористування: колективна монографія / За заг. ред. А. О. Корнуса. − Суми: СумДПУ імені А.С. Макаренка, 2021. − 212 с. Retrieved 2025-07-04
  5. ^ a b "Середина-Буда". maps.visicom.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  6. ^ "Історичні довідки". sbmiskrada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  7. ^ "Війна: хронологія подій у Сумській області. 24 лютого — 24 листопада 2022 року". ldn.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  8. ^ "Оновили перелік територій, на яких ведуться бойові дії". Трибуна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  9. ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України". socialdata.org.ua. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  10. ^ "Національний склад міст". Datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-04-07.