Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city overview

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city - Coat of arms

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

Cherkasy 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, highway junction, sea port and airport. Cherkassy population is about 293,200 (2005).

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Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city history

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

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city - Bogdan Khmelnitskiy monument

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city - Plumber Monument

In 1532 Cherkasy 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 of Cherkassy became Russian in the first partition of 1773.

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city - Cathedral

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 (Cherkasy) Ukraine city - Church

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city economy

Modern Cherkasy 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, among them quite a lot of chemical ones, which produce various reagents and chemical products for construction.

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city - The hill of honor

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city main attractions

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

Cherkassy (Cherkasy) Ukraine city architecture - Water tower

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