Sumy district (Sumskyi) is located in the central part of Sumy region, in the historical and ethnographic region of Slobozhanshchyna. The river Psel flows within the district.
Here is the steppe nature reserve "Mikhailovska virgin land". Lake Shelekhivske is a natural monument of national importance.
The administrative center of Sumskyi district is the regional center, the city of Sumy. Here are such historical and cultural monuments as the Transfiguration Cathedral, Trinity Cathedral, the Church of the Resurrection, the Church of St. Elijah, the former palaces and estates of wealthy townspeople. Important centers of culture are the house-museum of Anton Chekhov, Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore and Sumy Art Museum named after Nikanor Onatsky. Sumy Dendrological ...