Cherkasy is a city and administrative center of Cherkasy region of Ukraine. The city is standing on the high right bank of the Dnieper River, along the water reservoir of Kremenchuk hydroelectric station.
Cherkasy has a railway station, a river port and an airport. It is an important cultural and educational center of the region.
Population - 285,500.
Cherkasy city flag.
Cherkasy City coat of arms.
Cherkasy city map location.
Cherkasy has a long historyThe territory occupied by present day city was inhabited over 4,000 years ago; a lot of archaeological monuments prove this fact. First records of the town in chronicles refer to the events of 1395 as well as in letters of the Crimean khan Mengly I Girey.From the 14th century, it was a part of the Great Lithuanian Principality, and, in 1532, it was besieged by the Crimean khan’s troops. In 1536, there was a revolt against Lithuanian power and, in 1569, it was passed to Poland.
From the 14th to the 17th centuries, the town faced several attacks of the Horde and the Crimean troops. In 1793, according to the first partition of Poland, Cherkasy was included into the Russian Empire.
Originally, the town was located along the Dnieper Rvier, in the lowland. At Lithuanian merchants’ expenses a bridge was built on which merchants coming to the town had to pay taxes (called “myto”) to trade with local merchants.
Wood-sewing mills were also located there and inhabitants of the town lived there. At present, this district is called Mytnitsa.
Gradually the town grew and stone buildings came into being. The town started developing and, by the early 20th century, a lot of industrial plants were located in Mytnitsa.
When electricity reached the town and the general plan was created, it became possible to construct plants not only on the Dnieper River, but also in other parts of the town which were formed later and were located on the hills.
As railway and steam-ship transportation developed, local industry started developing too. Most of the plants were located along the Dnieper River, for the sake of convenient transportation of raw materials and goods.
At the end of the 19th - early 20th centuries, the city grew rapidly because Moscow-Odessa railway crossed the Dnieper River there. Architecture developed intensely with various forms and styles complimenting each other.
Soviet power was established in 1918. In 1954, the city became the capital of Cherkasy region.
In 1995, Bohdan Khmelnitsky statue was erected on the main street of the city - to the 400th anniversary of the hetman who was born in this region.
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Cherkasy is a city and administrative center of Cherkasy region of Ukraine. The city is standing on the high right bank of the Dnieper River, along the water reservoir of Kremenchuk hydroelectric station.
Cherkasy has a railway station, a river port and an airport. It is an important cultural and educational center of the region.
Population - 285,500.
Cherkasy city flag.
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