Baturyn (Ukrainian: Батурин, pronounced [bɐˈturɪn] ⓘ) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine.

[3] Chernihiv region was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century, but was lost to Muscovy as a result of the 1500–1503 war.

[6] Control of the town was wrested away from the Commonwealth by Cossack forces during the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648–1657, when they captured the fortress and slaughtered the Polish nobles.

After the signing of the Pereiaslav Agreement, the residents of Baturyn swore an oath of allegiance to the tsar on February 7, 1654, after which the city was handed over to the acting Hetman, Ivan Zolotarenko.

In July 1655 Zlotarenko asked the tsar to give him two other towns, Borzna and Hlukhiv, in exchange for burned Baturyn.

[9] For this reason, the Cossack elders with the new Hetman Demian Mnohohrishny chose Baturyn as the new center of power, moving it from Hadiach.

On 13 November 1708 a Russian army under the command of Alexander Menshikov sacked and razed Baturyn and slaughtered all of its inhabitants in a punitive response.

The Russians broke Dmytro Chechel [uk], the commanding officer of the Baturyn garrison, on the wheel.

The home of the famous Cossack Vasyl Kochubey (c. 1640–1708), constructed some 50 years earlier, is surrounded today by a park in his name (although hostilities devastated this building during World War II, it was restored during Soviet times).

During World War II, the German occupiers operated a Jewish forced labour battalion in Baturyn.

In August 2002, at the prodding of President Viktor Yushchenko, a government program was approved to restore Baturyn to its former glory.

On 22 January 2009 Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko officially opened the "Hetmans' Capital" monumental complex (including the newly renovated Razumovsky Palace).

[18][19] The Hetman palace of Kyrylo Rozumovskyi is the main adornment and the central feature of Baturyn (Chernihiv region, Ukraine).

He established the manufacturing of carpets, broadcloth, silk, candles, bricks, and cocklestove tiles, and a stud-farm, a parish school, and a hospital.

For that purpose he invited the Scottish architect Charles Cameron, whose architectural designs were much appreciated by the Russian Empress Catherine II.

In 2002, under the initiative of V. Yushchenko, then the Prime-Minister of Ukraine, "The Comprehensive Programme On "Hetman's Capital" Monuments' Preservation" was developed.

The restorers recreated the modelling and decoration of the walls, filled the interiors with paintings of Ukrainian hetmans, exclusive chandeliers, floors of palace and artistic parquet.

Nowadays the palace of Kyrylo Rozumovskyi is the excellent and remarkable place for different concerts, theatrical performance and weddings.