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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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 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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CHERKASY (Polish, Czerkasy), a town of Russia, in the government of Kiev, 96 m. S.E. of Kiev, on the right bank of the Dnieper. Pop. (1883) 15,740; (1897) 26,619. The inhabitants (Little Russians) are mostly employed in agriculture and gardening; but sugar and tobacco are manufactured and spirits distilled. Cherkasy was an important town of the Ukraine in the 15th century, and remained so, under Polish rule, until the revolt of the Cossack hetman Chmielnicki (1648). It was annexed by Russia in 1795.
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From Ukrainian Черкаси (Čerkásy).
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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 (06-01-2010) | |||
| - Total | 285 526 | ||
| - Density | 3,740/km2 (9,686.6/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 18000-499 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 472 | ||
| Website | www.rada.cherkassy.ua | ||
Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси, transliterated: Čerkasy, 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. [[File:|thumb|250px|left|Central square of the city, in front of Oblast (province) Administration]] The city is cultural, educational and industrial center of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukraine. Cherkasy is famous since 13th century and played a great role in history of Ukraine. Cherkasy was the center of Cossacks, citizens took part in Khmelnychchyna and Koliyivschyna (cossacks and peasants rebellions).
The city is located on the right bank of Dnieper River (specifically at the Kremenchuk Reservoir), about 200 km (124 mi) south of the nation's capital, Kiev. The city is divided into 2 parts (raions) - Sosnivskiy (with Orshanets village) and Pridniprovskiy. The current population of Cherkasy is 285,526 (as of 2010).
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