Krolevets is a city in Sumy Oblast

Sumy Oblast

Sumy Oblast is an oblast in the northeastern part of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy.Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka....

, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Population is 25,183 (2001).

Named in honor of the Polish King Sigismund III, Krolevets was founded in 1601. The original name was written as Krolewac (Krulevats).
Krolevets was annexed by the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 in 1654. In 1897 it was incorporated into the Chernihiv

Chernihiv

Chernihiv or Chernigov is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast , as well as of the surrounding Chernihivskyi Raion within the oblast...

province.

Krolevets is situated on the Kiev - Moscow railway and auto route. Distance from Kiev - approx. 260 km (161.56 mi). Distance to Russian border - approx. 80 km (49.71 mi).

Industry

• Krolevets Bakery Integrated Plant - Krolevets'kyi Flour

Krolevets Bakery Integrated Plant - Krolevets'kyi Flour
the filial enterprise State-run stockholding company "The Bread of Ukraine" The main activity of the enterprise is production of the sort grain flour, bran, and acception, drying, cleaning, keeping and loading the grain, grain-bean and oil-producing crops.