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Romny (, ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located on the Romen River. Romny serves as the administrative centre of Romny Raion and hosts the administration of , one of the of Ukraine. Population:
Romny was the terminus of the Libau-Romny railway which was built to deliver Ukrainian goods, mostly grains, for export. It also served as main route for emigration to the Americas through the Libau post where passenger ships were accessed.
In Romny the first statue of Taras Shevchenko was erected on 27 October 1918 when the city was located in the newly established Ukrainian state. It was preserved as part of the Soviet Union Ukrainization policies. 100 years ago the first monument to Taras Shevchenko was built for the Hetmanate, Radio Svoboda (14 October 2018) The concrete statue in Romny began to decay in the 1950s, but was remade in bronze and re-unveiled in 1982. The original version of the monument is located on Kyiv's Andriyivskyy Descent.
Unimaginable suffering was inflicted on the people of Romny during the years of Bolshevik rule, two world wars, famines, and repressions. During the Holodomor of 1932–1933, organized by the Soviet authorities, at least 2274 residents of the city died.
During World War II, Romny was occupied by the Wehrmacht from September 10, 1941, to September 16, 1943. The Germans operated a Nazi prison, the Dulag 112 transit prisoner-of-war camp and a subcamp of the Dulag 124 transit POW camp in the city. (2025). 9780253060891, Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ISBN 9780253060891
In the period between 1979 and 1989, Romny's population rose from 53,016 to 57,502 inhabitants.
In 2022, a series of military engagements occurred near Romny during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
| Ukrainian | 93.95% |
| Russian | 5.70% |
| other/undecided | 0.35% |
Another noteworthy building is the church of the Ascension, which also has three domes, but was constructed later, in 1795–1801, and adjoins a Baroque belfry built in 1753–63.
The city also has administration of the surrounding Romny Raion.
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