Title: Lubny City Status: The city of regional subordination. Is the administrative center of Lubny District and Lubny City Council, which does not include other settlements. Location: Located on the right bank of the river Sula, 140 km. west of Poltava. Population: 47,800 thousand people Area: 45.6 sq. km Waterways: River Sula Founded: 988 Historical note: Lubny were founded at the behest of the Grand Prince of Kiev Vladimir Sviatoslavovich on the river Sula, and at first was a small wooden fort in Posulskoi defensive line. A notable chapter in city history is from a powerful clan control Vishnevetskyi. These famous tycoons owned vast territories: they belonged to 53 Ukrainian cities, towns and villages, among which the most famous were just Lubny - the capital of the family empire. Before the battle of Poltava in 1709 was the largest city in what is now the Poltava region. Since 1781 Lubny - Centre of Kiev governorship, and later - Lubny county province of Poltava. Industrial development has accelerated after the construction of the railway in 1901. During the Soviet Lubny - Center Lubny District (now District), Poltava region. After the devastation and hunger rebuilt the company. Lubny - a city of outstanding cultural traditions, which at one time considered the "spiritual capital of the region." Sightseeing: Mgar Monastery, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.