What is "lebedyn"

Lebedyn is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 28,948 (2001). An air base is located nearby.

In 1708 the city was a site of ethnic cleansing against Ukrainians during the Executions of Cossacks in Lebedin by the Russian Empire.

Lebedyn is a former air base in Ukraine located 5 km southeast of Lebedyn city in Sumy Oblast. It is a badly neglected 1960s-era airstrip, and was likely intended for wartime aircraft dispersals.