{{Short description|City in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | native_name = {{lang|uk|Буринь}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Buryn.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Buryn city centre | image_flag = | image_shield = File:Gerb-buryny.png | image_map = Konotopskij rajon.PNG | mapsize = | map_caption = City of Buryn and surroundings | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | parts_type = Control | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title1 = Established | established_date1 = 14th Century | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_note = | population_total = 8197 | population_footnotes = | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | pushpin_map = Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Buryn | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|51|11|45|N|33|49|36|E|scale:100000_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 41700-708 | area_code = +38 (05454) | blank_info = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = | name = Buryn | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name1 = Sumy Oblast | subdivision_name2 = Konotop Raion | subdivision_name3 = Buryn urban hromada }} '''Buryn''' ({{langx|uk|Буринь}}, {{IPA|uk|bʊˈrɪnʲ|pron|audio=Uk-Буринь.ogg}}) is a city in Konotop Raion of Sumy Oblast, in north-eastern Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Buryn Raion until it was abolished on 18 July 2020. The population estimate is {{Ua-pop-est2022|8,197|.}} Between 24 February and 4 April 2022, the city was under Russian occupation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220224152916/https://www.segodnya.ua/ua/regions/others/buryn-i-putivl-okkupirovali-boeviki-rf-mer-konotopa-1605057.html Buryn and Putivl occupied the troops of the Russian Federation - the mayor of Konotop]</ref><ref>[https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/russian-troops-no-longer-hold-any-settlements-in-ukraines-sumy-region-says-governor Russian troops no longer hold any settlements in Ukraine's Sumy region, says governor], National Post (4 April 2022)</ref>
==Geography== Buryn is a relatively small, cozy town/small city situated on the banks of the Chasha River. A dam across the Chasha has created a substantial lake, which is now surrounded by specially planted yew trees.
Buryn is home to Putyvl railway station of Southwestern Railways. Roads {{Road marker simple|Highway T1908 (Ukraine)|T1908|yellow|black|black|-}}, {{Road marker simple|Highway T1910 (Ukraine)|T1910|yellow|black|black|-}}, and {{Road marker simple|Highway T1916 (Ukraine)|T1916|yellow|black|black|-}} pass through the city.
==Etymology== The origin of the name of the city of Buryn is unknown, although there are some assumptions. Some associate the ancient Russian city of Byrin, which is mentioned in the "List of Rus Cities Distant and Near" of the XIV century, with Buryn, but this theory is not confirmed by archaeological finds. There is also a version that Buryn was inhabited in the XVII century by migrants from the village of Borynia (now in Lviv Oblast), because even now in Borynia and Buryn live representatives of ancient families: Haiduky (Gaidukov), Siplyvy, Boyko, etc.
==History== The first written mention of the village of Borin (in some other handwritten sources also known as Barin) is dated to 1688, as evidenced by the "Heographic Encyclopedic Word" edited by A. F. Trosnikov (Moscow, publishing house "Svetskaya incyclopedia", 1989, p. 88). It was settled by free Cherkasians (so then Muscovites called Ukrainians) on the lands of the lands of The Chaskyi and Osletskyi towns, which were called "wild fields" and belonged to the popes of Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker Velykoretsky in Putyvl.
According to the 6th revision, 1,080 males lived in the church settlement.
Subsequently, Buryn became the sloboda and the center of the Putyvl Volost district of Kursk Province. For 80 years in the XVII century, the village was in the possession of the church, and since 1769 belonged to different landowners.
As of 1862, there were 2,893 people (1,412 men and 1,481 women) living in 360 farms, and there was an Orthodox Church and a school.<ref>XX. Kursk Governorate. List of populated areas dating back to 1862. Published by the Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. St. Petersburg. 1868. LXXV + 175 stor.,</ref>
left|thumb|Putyvl railway station in Buryn in 1912 In 1869 Putyvl railway station was built, then called ''Krasne''.
At least 90 residents died during the Soviet-organized Holodomor of 1932-1933.<ref>[http://194.44.11.173:8099/pt?pt=61 Holodomor in Ukraine by Ukrainian Institute of National Memory]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
During the German occupation in World War II, in 1943, the Germans operated a subcamp of the Dulag 102 prisoner-of-war camp in the town.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=71|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref>
Buryn came under Russian occupation on 24 February, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2024|language=uk|title=Обстрілювали хати та підірвали міст. Як російські військові виходили з Конотопщини |first=Ігор|last=Стрельцов|date=4 April 2022|website=Suspilne|url=https://suspilne.media/sumy/224862-obstriluvali-hati-ta-pidirvali-mist-ak-rosijski-vijskovi-vihodili-z-konotopsini/}}</ref> The first Russian columns arrived in the city around 11:00. Columns of Russian military vehicles passed through the city daily until late March.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/sumy/230772-obstrilana-rodina-snaradi-vkradena-korova-ziteli-burini-na-sumsini-rozpovili-pro-vijskovih-rf/|website=Suspilne|language=uk|access-date=10 June 2024|date=20 April 2022|first=Катерина|last=Гладенко|title="Обстріляна родина, снаряди, вкрадена корова". Жителі Бурині на Сумщині розповіли про військових РФ}}</ref> During the Russian pullout in early April, the city was liberated and is now back under Ukrainian control.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
On September 18, 2022, an F3 tornado struck the town, killing one and injuring eight people.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=15355471314&force_dynamic_map=true; | title=European Severe Weather Database | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919153642/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=15355471314&force_dynamic_map=true; | archive-date=2022-09-19 }}</ref>
==Demographics== As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Buryn had a population of 11,607 people. That number dropped to 8,197 in early 2022.
===Ethnic groups=== Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 census:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}</ref> {{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Buryn|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|94.68}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|4.17}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.40}} {{bar percent|Gypsies|black|0.28}} {{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.09}}}}
===Languages=== Distribution of the population by their native language according to the 2001 census:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України }}</ref> {{bar box|title=Native languages in Buryn|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|95.3}} {{bar percent|Russian|purple|4.0}} {{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.2}} {{bar percent|Romani|black|0.1}} {{bar percent|Armenian|brown|0.1}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.1}}}}
==Economy== Buryn has been known as a centre of sugar industry.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II)|date=1993|volume=1|pages=194-195}}</ref> Among the leading enterprises of the city is PJSC "Buryn Dry Milk Plant", whose products are known not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia, Georgia, and Armenia. 124 thousand tons of products can be placed on the Buryn scale.{{what|date=February 2026}} This is one of the largest enterprises of the district, which works steadily.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Аллея в Бурынском парке.jpg|City park File:Buryń, a street.jpg|Streets in Buryn File:Залізничні колі ст Путивль (Буринь).jpg|Railway station File:Локомотив истории.jpg|Locomotive monument at Putyvl railway station </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Sumy Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities in Sumy Oblast Category:Putivlsky Uyezd Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine