Baturyn. Map: II-13. Town smt (2001 pop 3,078) in Bakhmach raion, Chernihiv oblast, 19km north of the railway station of Bakhmach. The earliest references to Baturyn date back to 1625, when it was granted to the Polish chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński. In 1648 it became a Cossack company center, and in 1669–1708 it was the Left-Bank hetman's capital. Russian troops, commanded by Aleksandr Menshikov, sacked and burned Baturyn at the beginning of November 1708, because it supported Hetman Ivan Mazepa. The town was rebuilt and expanded in the 1750s and served as the capital of Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovsky in 1750–64. In the 19th century it declined. Its main architectural monuments are Vasyl Kochubei's park and building (17th century) and the half-ruined Rozumovsky palace. The Prokopovych Museum of Apiculture, established in 1924, is located in Baturyn.