Cherkasy

Cherkasy, city (1989 pop. 290,000), capital of Cherkasy region, in central Ukraine, a port on the Dnieper River. Situated on the shore of the Kremenchuk Reservoir, Cherkasy has food processing, chemical-fiber, and fertilizer industries. Founded at the end of the 13th cent., Cherkasy was a fortress in the 14th cent. and served as the seat of the Ukrainian hetmans of right-bank Ukraine from 1386 to 1694. The city passed to Russia in 1793.

Cherkasy (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 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 long combined rail and automotive dam with bridge.

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%

Sports

• Cherkasy is home to the Ukrainian First League football team FC Dnipro Cherkasy.
• It is also the home of the basketball club Cherkasky Mavpi Cherkasy (a.k.a. the Cherkasy Monkeys).

Sister Cities

• Bydgoszcz, Poland
• Santa Rosa, United States

References

• (1972) Icтopiя мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї РCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.

External links

• // Official city portal
• // Unofficial info portal
• http://www.gorod.ck.ua/
• http://www.ckrada.com
• // Phone numbers book of Cherkassy