Putyvl community
- Type: Urban
- Population: 20,711
Population – 20,711 (before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine).
Women – 11231 (54%)
Men – 9480 (46%)
Children under 18 – 2958
Pensioners – 5793
People with disabilities – 1226
Internally displaced people – 267
History
Putyvl was first mentioned in the Ipatiev Chronicle as far back as 1146. The city was situated at the crossroads of trade routes, so it played an important role as a fortress protecting Kyivan Rus from the Cumans.
From the middle of the 14th century Putyvl was a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. And since 1500 belonged to the Moscow Empire. On November 27, 1604, the citizens of Putyvl revolted against the Moscow garrison of Mikhail Saltykov and sided with the Ukrainian-Polish army.
In 1905 a peasant riot took place in Putyvl, which was brutally suppressed by the tsarist authorities. In March 1918, the city was captured by German troops, and from December of that year it accommodated the army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic under the command of Symon Petliura. In 1926 Putyvl became part of the Ukrainian SSR and became the center of the Konotop district.
A famous guerrilla group of the former city mayor Sydir Kovpak which fought German Nazis in WWII was formed in Putyvl. The partisans from Putyvl raided the German rear during their retreat to the Carpathians. The guerrillas initially operated in the majestic Spadschanskyi Forest nearby, where guerrilla dugouts can still be visited today.
