of meat, 517,800 tons of milk and 295,300,000 eggs. At the beginning of 1999, there were 781 registered farms in the oblast. Notable people from Sumy Oblast Viktor Yushchenko – 3rd President of Ukraine (2005–2010); Khoruzhivka village Yevhen Adamtsevych – a Ukrainian bandurist, the author of Zaporizhian March Oleksi Berest – one of the soldiers who hoisted the Victory Banner in Berlin and a posthumous Hero of Ukraine. Dmitry Chechulin – architect; born Shostka 1901 Thomas de Hartmann, composer Oleh Husyev – Ukrainian internal footballer Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub – WW2 ace and air marshal of the Soviet Union. Natalia Ivanovna Sedova – Wife of Leon Trotsky, born Romny 1882 Stephen Timoshenko – the father of modern engineering mechanics (1878-1972) Leonid Toptunov – senior reactor control chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster Nomenclature Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Sumy is the center of the Sums’ka oblast (Sumy Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Sumy Oblast, Sumshchyna. See also Subdivisions of Ukraine Russian occupation of Sumy Oblast References External links State Administration of Sumy Oblast – official site Information Card of the Region – official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Independent regional Web-portal – news, features, entertainment & tourism info Oblasts of Ukraine States and territories established in 1939 1939 establishments in Ukraine