Lebedyn, Cherkasy Oblast
Lebedyn is a village in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. Population: 4323.
Sometimes in the 15th century the village was completely wiped out by Tatar hordes. The new village appeared around the St George monastery after 17th century, while the monastery itself appeared in the place of the previous settlement sometime in 16th century. The original residents resettled in Sloboda Ukraine where they established another Lebedyn which now is a city in Sumy Oblast.
The Lebedyn monastery was one of four the most important monasteries of Ukrainian Cossacks along with Trakhtemyriv monastery, Mezhyhiria monastery, and Motrynyn monastery.
