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Hlukhiv

Also known as Glukhov

Hlukhiv is a town in Sumy Oblast in north-eastern Ukraine. First mentioned in 1152 in the Chernigov lands, it was the seat of a small principality of the Olgovichi, from which the princes of Novosil and the Upper Oka descended. From 1708 to 1764 it was the capital of the Cossack Hetmanate and the seat of the Little Russian Collegium.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hlukhiv. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hlukhiv
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