Geography
The Sumy Oblast is situated in the northeastern part of Ukraine. The area of the oblast (23,800 km²), comprises about 3,95% of the total area of the country.
The oblast borders the Bryansk Oblast (Russia) on the northeast, the Kursk Oblast (Russia) on the east, the Poltava on the southwest, the Kharkiv Oblasts on the south, and the Chernihiv Oblast on the west.
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