Cherkasy

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Cherkasy (Ukrainian: 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 at [49°25′60″N, 32°4′0″E] 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 12 km long combined rail and automotive bridge.

Image:Cherkasy1.jpg|Former building of the Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a Ukrainian bank Image:CherkasyPhilarmonic.jpg|The Cherkasy Philarmony

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Sister Cities
3 References
4 External links

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%

Sister Cities

References

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

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