Okhtyrka is a city in Ukraine, a raion centre within Sumy Oblast. It is situated near the Vorskla River, on an eleven-mile spur of the Kiev–Kharkiv railway line. It is home to Akhtyrka air base. Population 50,400 (as of 2001[update]), 25,965 (1900), 17,411 (1867). The villages of Velyke Osero (274 inhabitants), Saluschany (28 inhabitants), Prystan (7 inhabitants) and Kosyatyn (6 inhabitants) belong to the Okhtyrka city administration.
Okhtyrka was founded as a Polish outpost in 1641 and was an important centre of Sloboda Ukraine in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it rivalled Kharkov itself. The town’s coat of arms was introduced by Catherine II on September 21, 1781 and reinstated in 1991 by the city council. Okhtyrka was the first city in Ukraine to acquire tobacco factory.
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