Okhtyrka

Okhtyrka (Ukrainian: Охтирка) is a small city (city status since 1703) in Ukraine, a raion (district) centre within Sumy Oblast (region) since 1975. Located in the south of the Sumy region in the center of a triangle created by regional centers – Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava. The city is situated on the left bank of the Vorskla River – the blue pearl of Ukrainian rivers. Okhtyrka is a town of Hussar and Cossack Fame. 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 interests. Population 50,400 (as of 2001), 25,965 (1900), 17,411 (1867).