The city of Cherkassy oblast.
Smila (also spelled Smela) is a city located in Cherkassy oblast of Ukraine, administrative center of Smila district. Smila is standing on the left bank of Tyasmin River about 30 km from Cherkassy city.
Smila city population is about 68,000 (2010).
The phone code is +380 4733; the postal code is 20700.
Smila has railway connections with such Ukrainian cities as Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Lviv and Odessa. Smila is an important transport and industrial center of the region.
Main enterprises of Smila city are machinery building plants, furniture and sugar plants. There are several ancient churches, monuments to Chernobyl disaster, Afghanistan war and others in Smila.
Smila Taras Shevchenko monument and railway station
Smila city view
Smila city scenery
There is a legend about the origin of Smila city name. The story happened at the times when Golden Horde raids were ravaging the Kievan Rus state lands. One brave girl from the local village guided Russian army to the invaders army rear.
The Mongols raid was defeated but unfortunately the girl was killed by arrow. No one knew the name of the girl and later when the settlement was established it received name “Smila” meaning “brave girl” from Ukrainian language.
First time the settlement was mentioned in the 16th century as the part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The town of Smila received Magdeburg rights in 1773. Later, in 1795, the town became the part of Russian Empire.
Smila began to develop quickly after building the railway connecting it with other cities and towns of the region in 1876. Smila and its population suffered a lot in the 20th century during the World War I, Ukrainian Holodomor, World War II, collapse of the Soviet Union.
Today Smila is growing again as the city of independent Ukraine.
Smila city, Ukraine scenery
Smila city street view
Smila city street scenery
Architectural places of interest of Smila are:
There is a museum of local study in Smila (Baida Vishnevetsky street, 98). The museum is located in the building of St.Peterburg branch of bank constructed in 1909 in the style of provincial modernism. The museum numbers over 3,500 exhibits.
There are maps of 19th-20th centuries; exhibits telling about former owners of the town earl Bobrinsky family; archeological founds of the Dnepr area. Among unique exhibits there is a jewelry box made by Italian jewelers of 18th century, a lock of mid 19th century and others.
Smila scenery
Smila view
Smila central part
Smila railway station
Smila city museum
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