In the Kharkiv Calendar, an advertising and information guide from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, you can find an advertisement for the “Kyiv” Hotel in Sumy…

It has been reopened and refurbished, with guest rooms, at the Gulevich building on Sobornaya Street. The buffet offers a variety of drinks and food. The kitchen is run by a skilled and experienced chef. Prices for everything are very reasonable.

Hotel owner E. Krause.

The overlap of place names from three cities in a single location may seem strange, but if we recall that Sumy was part of the Sloboda-Ukrainian Governorate, then the Kharkiv Governorate, and finally the Kharkiv Oblast from 1765 to 1939, everything will fall into place…