Place:Cherkasy, Cherkasy, Cherkasy, Ukraine

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NameCherkasy
Alt namesCherkassysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Čerkassysource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) III, 171
Черкассыsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates49.433°N 32.067°E
Located inCherkasy, Cherkasy, Ukraine     (1400 - )
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Cherkasy is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the capital of Cherkasy Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city has a population of

Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial center 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 center of the land of the Cossacks; its 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 south of the nation's capital, Kyiv. Cherkasy is divided into 2 boroughs (raions): Sosnivskiy (with Orshanets village) and Pridniprovskiy. It hosts the administration of Cherkasy urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In June 2011, the city celebrated its 725th anniversary.

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