CITY INFORMATION
CITY INFORMATION OF SUMI
Sumi is an administrative, economical, and cultural centre of Sumi region (Ukraine).
Population - 290.000
It is placed at the banks of Psel river and its tributaries Sumka and Strelka. A distance from Sumi to Kiev is 366 km.
It is a significant transport point crossed by car roads and railways.
It is divided into two administrative regions: Kovpakovsky and Zarechniy.
The city was founded in 1652. It had been created as Kazak's settlement who arrived here from the Western part of Ukraine. The city had been renovated into a castle to protect the South borders of Slobodskaya Ukraine since 1656.
Sumi is also an industrial centre. The main industrial plants are:
- JSC SMPO im. M.V. Frunze
- JSC Sumi plant Nasosenergomash
- PO SELMI
- plant Centrolit
- PO Himprom
Institutes of higher education:
- Sumi State University
- Sumi State Pedagogic University of A. S. Makarenko
- Sumi State Agrarian University
- Bank Academy
- Military institute of artillery
- Buses
- Trolleybuses
- Minibuses
HOW TO REACH US
TRAIN TIMETABLE (VIA SUMI RAIL STATION)