Cherkasy

Cherkasy
Черкаси
  • Clockwise from top: Palace of Culture and Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky
  • Civil Bank
  • Museum of Taras Shevchenko
  • Slovianskyi Hotel
  • Men's Gymnasium
  • Holy Trinity Cathedral
  • House of Shcherbyna
Flag of Cherkasy
Coat of arms of Cherkasy
Cherkasy is located in Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy
Cherkasy
Location of Cherkasy
Cherkasy is located in Ukraine
Cherkasy
Cherkasy
Cherkasy (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°26′40″N 32°03′35″E / 49.44444°N 32.05972°E / 49.44444; 32.05972
Country Ukraine
OblastCherkasy Oblast
RaionCherkasy Raion
HromadaCherkasy urban hromada
First mentioned1286
City status1795
Government
 • MayorAnatoliy Vasyliovych Bondarenko [uk][1] (For the Future[1])
Area
 • Land69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total269,836
 [2]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
18000 – 18499
Area code+380 472
Licence plateCA, IA
Sister citiesBydgoszcz, Sumgait, Santa Rosa
Websitechmr.gov.ua/
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Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси, pronounced [tʃerˈkɑsɪ] ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy serves as the administrative centre of Cherkasy Oblast as well as Cherkasy Raion within the oblast. The city has a population of 269,836 (2022 estimate).[2]

Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukraine. Cherkasy has been known since the 13th century and played a great role in the history of Ukraine. The city was the centre of the land of the Cossacks; its citizens took part in Khmelnychchyna and Koliivshchyna Cossack and peasant 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, Kyiv. Cherkasy is divided into 2 urban districts: Sosnivskyi (with Orshanets village) and Prydniprovskyi. It hosts the administration of Cherkasy urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] In June 2011, the city celebrated its 725th anniversary.

  1. ^ a b Результати виборів у Черкасах: чинний мер Бондаренко залишається на посаді [Results of elections in Cherkasy, incumbent mayor Bondarenko remains in office]. 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Черкаська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.