serves as the administrative center of Starodubsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Starodubsky Urban Administrative Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Starodubsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated as Starodub Urban Okrug. Prior to January 1, 2013, Starodub was administratively incorporated as a town of district significance within Starodubsky District. Architecture As a significant center of the Cossack Hetmanate, Starodub is the only place in Russia where authentic examples of Ukrainian Baroque may be seen. The Nativity Cathedral, built in 1617 and overhauled after a conflagration in 1677, is a typical example of Cossack Baroque. The Epiphany Church goes back to 1789, while the Church of St. Nicholas was erected in the Neoclassical style in 1802. Notable people from Starodub Alexandra Ramm-Pfemfert Uri Nissan Gnessin Menahem Gnessin Hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadskyi went to school in Starodub. Zaporizhian Hetman Ivan Skoropadskyi was at one point stationed in the town, when he was colonel of the Starodub Cossack regiment. References Notes Sources External links Official website of Starodub Unofficial website of Starodub The murder of the Jews of Starodub during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. Cities and towns in Bryansk Oblast Starodubsky Uyezd Smolensk Voivodeship Cossack Hetmanate Holocaust locations in Russia