Cherkasy
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| Cherkasy Черкаси |
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| Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasky Raion |
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| First mentioned | 1286 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Serhiy Olehovych Odarych | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 78 km² (30.1 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 94 m (308 ft) | ||
| Population (01-01-04) | |||
| - Total | 291,708 | ||
| - Density | 3,740/km² (9,686.6/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 18000-499 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 472 | ||
| Website: www.ckrada.com | |||
Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси) is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The city is located at on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200km south of the nation's capital, Kiev.
The current estimated population is 280,700 (as of 2004).
Educational institutions in Cherkasy include the Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University (named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky) and the Cherkasy State Technological University.
A railway line from Moscow to Odessa goes through Cherkasy, crossing the Dnieper River here on a 12 km (7.5 mi) long combined rail and automotive dam with bridge.
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[edit] Demographics
- 1897 - 29,600 inhabitants
- 1910 - 39,600 inhabitants
- 1926 - 39,500 inhabitants
- 1939 - 51,600 inhabitants
- 1959 - 85,000 inhabitants
- 1970 - 158,000 inhabitants
- 1977 - 229,000 inhabitants
- 1984 - 267,000 inhabitants
- 2005 - 293,000 inhabitants
1926 Census:
- Ukrainians - 61,9%
- Jews - 27,6%
- Russians - 8,6%
1959 Census:
- Ukrainians - 70%
- Russians - 22%
- Jews - 6%
[edit] Sports
Cherkasy is home to the Ukrainian First League football team FC Dnipro Cherkasy.
[edit] Sister Cities
 Main street in Cherkasy around 1910 |
 Former building of the Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a Ukrainian bank |
 The Cherkasy Philarmony |
[edit] References
- (Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopiя мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї РCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
[edit] External links
- (English)/(Ukrainian)/(Russian) Official city portal
- (English)/(Ukrainian)/(Russian) Inofficial info portal
| Administrative divisions of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine | ||
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| Administrative center: Cherkasy | ||
| Raions | Cherkaskyi · Chornobaivskyi · Chyhyrynskyi · Drabivskyi · Horodyshchenskyi · Kamianskyi · Kanivskyi · Katerynopilskyi · Khrystynivskyi · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi · Lysianskyi · Mankivskyi · Monastyryschenskyi · Shpolianskyi · Smilianskyi · Talnivskyi · Umanskyi · Zhashkivskyi · Zolotoniskyi · Zvenyhorodskyi |   |
| Cities | Cherkasy · Chyhyryn · Horodysche · Kamianka · Kaniv · Khrystynivka · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi · Monastyrysche · Shpola · Smila · Talne · Uman · Vatutine · Zhashkiv · Zolotonosha · Zvenyhorodka | |
| Urban-type settlements |
Babanka · Buky · Chornobai · Drabiv · Irdyn · Katerynopil · Lysianka · Mankivka · Shramivka · Stebliv · Tsvitkove · Tsybuliv · Verkhniachka · Vilshana · Yerky · more... | |
| Villages | Moryntsi · Subotiv · more... | |
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| Capital: Kiev | ||
| Oblasts | Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sumy · Ternopil · Vinnytsia · Volyn · Zakarpattia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr |  |
| Cities with special status | Kiev City · Sevastopol City | |
| Autonomous Republic | Autonomous Republic of Crimea | |
| Administrative centers | Cherkasy · Chernihiv · Chernivtsi · Dnipropetrovsk · Donetsk · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kharkiv · Kherson · Khmelnytskyi · Kiev City · Kirovohrad · Luhansk · Lutsk · Lviv · Mykolaiv · Odessa · Poltava · Rivne · Sevastopol City · Simferopol · Sumy · Ternopil · Uzhhorod · Vinnytsia · Zaporizhia · Zhytomyr | |
