Independence Square in Sumy is the historical and administrative center of the city. It is with this place began construction of the city in the mid-17th century., When its founders - Colonel Gerasim Kondratiev and Governor Arsenyev Cyril - began to implement their plans for the construction and arrangement of the famous Sumy fortress, which was based Sumy Cossack Regiment.

In 1694 there was erected a wooden Nicholas Church. Today, it recalls only a wooden cross, as the church itself was destroyed by the communist barbarians in the 1930s. In 1702, after the death of Colonel G. Kondratyev was completed construction of another church - the Cathedral of the Resurrection, which is currently the main decoration of the Sumy area. Formed around churches, plazas and Resurrection Mykolaiv later merged into one.

For a long time the area was known as Peter's - in honor of Peter I, who was here on the eve of the Battle of Poltava. After the central area of ​​the city received the traditional areas in the USSR for the name - Lenin Square. In 1982, as a sign of consolidation in the name of its center was a monument to Vladimir Lenin. Its modern name - Independence Square - the area received in 1991 after Ukraine gained independence. In 2001, the monument was dismantled to Lenin.

To date, the Independence Square in Sumy is a beautiful building with a tower of late Stalinism, as well as the building of the regional council, the hotel and the registrar, which are not of great architectural value.