"Sumy Oblast (Ukrainian: Сумська́ о́бласть, romanized: Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – Ukrainian: Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: ...
1,053,402 (2021 est.) The oblast was created in its most recent form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy. Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka. The oblast has a heavy mix of agriculture and industry, with over 600 industrial locations. Importantly, seven rivers pass through the oblast." - (en.wikipedia.org 13.11.2022)
