Cherkassy city

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Cherkassy city overview

Cherkassy city coat of arms

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Cherkassy city map location

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Cherkassy (also spelled Cherkasy) is a city and administrative center of Cherkassy oblast of Ukraine.

Cherkassy city lies on the high right bank of the Dnepr River, along the reservoir created by Kremenchug hydroelectric station. Cherkassy city has a railway station, river port and airport.

Cherkassy Ukraine city population - 290,930 (2007).
Cherkassy Ukraine city land area - 69 sq. km.
Cherkassy Ukraine city phone code - +380-472.
Cherkassy Ukraine city postal code - 18000.

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Cherkassy city history

Cherkassy was founded in 13th century in Polish Ukraine. Cherkassy was a part of Kievan princedom. Around 1362 Cherkassy town was conquered by feudal Lithuania.

In 1532 Cherkassy was besieged for 30 days by the Crimean khan's troops. In 1536 there was a revolt against Lithuanian invaders. In 1569 Cherkassy was conquered by Poland. The town became Russian in the first partition of Poland in 1773.

Cherkassy began to grow only in the late 19th century, when the Moscow-Odessa railway crossed the Dnepr river there. Soviet power was established in Cherkassy city in 1918.

Cherkassy city administration building

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Cherkassy city jet fighter monument

Cherkassy Ukraine city jet fighter photo

Cherkassy city Bohdan Khmelnitsky monument

Cherkassy Ukraine city Bohdan Khmelnitsky monument photo

Cherkassy city economy

Modern Cherkassy developed rapidly in 1960s, when a chemical industry supplemented the older machine, food-processing, light and metal-processing industries. There are about 50 enterprises in Cherkassy city, among them quite a lot of chemical ones, which produce various reagents and chemical products for construction.

Cherkassy city bank

Cherkassy city main attractions

Cherkassy is the cultural center of Cherkassy oblast. There is a Teachers' Training College and a branch of Kiev Technical University in Cherkassy city.