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Okhtyrka (; also known by its Russian variant Akhtyrka ) is a small city in Ukraine, a raion (district) centre within Sumy Oblast (region) since 1975. Okhtyrka is a town of Hussar and Cossack Fame. It was also once a regional seat of Sloboda Ukraine and the Ukrainian SSR. Since the discovery of oil and gas in 1961 Okhtyrka has become an "oil capital of Ukraine". It is home to Okhtyrka air base, historical and religious places of interest. Population 50,400 , 25,965 (1900), 17,411 (1867).
The villages of Velyke Osero (274 inhabitants), Saluschany (28 inhabitants), Prystan (7 inhabitants) and Kosyatyn (6 inhabitants) belong to the Okhtyrka city administration which is designated into a separate subdivision of the Sumy Oblast.
Okhtyrka is an aviation training air base in Ukraine located 8 km east of Okhtyrka city in Sumy Oblast. It is a well-maintained, small military facility. It has been home to 809 UAP (809th Aviation Training Regiment) flying 102 L-39C aircraft as of 1992.
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