Hlobyne

Hlobyne is a city in Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hlobyne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

History

It was a village in Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.
During World War II it was occupied by German troops since September 1941 until September 1943. A Nazi concentration camp was established in the buildings of the local sugar factory.
In 1976, the urban-type settlement of Globino received the status of a city.
City since December 1976.
In January 1989 the population was 13 717 people.
In January 2013 the population was 10 043 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Hlobyne was the administrative center of Hlobyne Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Hlobyne Raion was merged into Kremenchuk Raion.

Geography

Globino is located in the central part of Kremenchuk Raion, 37 km from the district center, 96 km from the regional center. The city is located on the Dnieper lowland, in the forest steppe natural zone, on the left bank of the Dnieper valley. The city is fed by a tributary of the Psel River. Chernozems dominate the territory of the Globino.
The climate of the Globino is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is −3.7 °C, in July it is +21.4 °C, the amount of precipitation is 480–580 mm/year, which falls mainly in the summer as rain.
Regional highways and a railway run through the city.