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Cherkasy Черкаси |
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Cherkasy
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| Coordinates: 49°26′0″N 32°4′0″E / 49.433333°N 32.066667°ECoordinates: 49°26′0″N 32°4′0″E / 49.433333°N 32.066667°E | |||
| 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, pronounced [tʂɛrˈkɑsɪ]) 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 on the bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200 km 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.
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1926 Census:
1959 Census:
Cherkasy is twinned with:
 Main street in Cherkasy around 1910 |
 Former building of the Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a Ukrainian bank |
 The Cherkasy Philharmonic |
 Statue of Lenin in front of an official building downtown. This statue was torn down on 28 NOV 2008. |
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