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Poltava
Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Poltava urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Poltava has a population of History It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed an ancient Paleolithic dwelling, as well as Scythian remains, within the city limits. Middle Ages The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava, which is mentioned in the ''Hypatian Chronicle'' in 1174. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Regiment XVIIth Century
(, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Poltava urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Poltava has a population of History It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed an ancient Paleolithic dwelling, as well as Scythian remains, within the city limits. Middle Ages The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava, which is mentioned in the ''Hypatian Chronicle'' in 1174. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Polk
Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Poltava urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Poltava has a population of History It is still unknown when Poltava was founded, although the town was not attested before 1174. However, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the city's 1100th anniversary in 1999. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed an ancient Paleolithic dwelling, as well as Scythian remains, within the city limits. Middle Ages The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava, which is mentioned in the ''Hypatian Chronicle'' in 1174. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was part of the southern regions of the Cossack Hetmanate. Population: Three other important cities in the oblast are Horishni Plavni, Kremenchuk, and Lubny. History The Poltava Oblast was established on 22 September 1937 by a resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. It was based mostly on rayons (districts) that were part of Kharkiv Oblast, with some from Kyiv Oblast. The region approximately corresponds to the earlier Poltava Governorate (1802–1925). During the Nazi Germany occupation in 1941–43, most of the region belonged to Kiew Generalbezirke (general district), while the rest was part of the German military rear area. After the withdrawal of German forces, the region was reinstated almost to the same border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Urban Hromada
Poltava urban territorial hromada () is one of the hromadas of Ukraine, located in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast. Its administrative centre is the city of Poltava Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po .... The hromada has a total area of , and a population of 638,519 (). Composition In addition to one city (Poltava), there are 55 villages within the hromada: References {{Poltava Oblast Ukrainian hromadas established during the 2020 administrative reform Hromadas of Poltava Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Raion
Poltava Raion () is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Poltava. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Poltava Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Administrative division Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 24 hromadas: * Bilyky settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Bilyky, transferred from Kobeliaky Raion; * Chutove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chutove, transferred from Chutove Raion; * Dykanka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Dykanka, transferred from Dykanka Raion; * Karlivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Karlivka, transferred from Karlivka Raion; * Kobeliak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Ukraine
There are 463 populated places in Ukraine, populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 23 April 2025. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. Smaller settlements are Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlements () and villages (). Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a ''misto'' or ''selo''. In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges. The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The City with special status, cities with special status are shown in ''italic''. The average population size is 62,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poltava Governorate Zemstvo Building
Poltava Governorate Zemstvo Building is a former administrative building and an architectural monument in Poltava, Ukraine. It was built in 1903–1908 according to the design of the architect Vasyl Krychevsky, using original designs by Y. Shirshov and M. Nikolaev. The building was used by the zemstvo (regional government) of the Poltava Governorate under the Russian Empire. It is the first example of Ukrainian Art Nouveau architecture. Nowadays, the Poltava Museum of Local Lore is stationed in the building. History As the result of the meetings on development of folk crafts in Poltava region, held in 1902 and early 1903, which were attended by the artists and architects Serhii Vasylkivsky, Opanas Slastion, Vasyl Krychevsky and others, the idea of a new Ukrainian folk style in art and architecture had emerged. In particular, Serhii Vasylkivsky criticized the design of the zemstvo building, which was originally made by Y. Shirhov. After the architect's refusal to edit the des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblasts Of Ukraine
An oblast (, ; ), sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division of Ukraine. The country's territory is divided into 24 oblasts, as well as one Autonomous republic of Ukraine, autonomous republic and two City with special status, cities with special status. As Ukraine is a unitary state, oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution and devolved by law. Articles 140–146 of s:Constitution of Ukraine#Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine, Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competence. Oblasts are divided into Raions of Ukraine, raions, with each oblast having between three and eight raions following the Raions of Ukraine#July 2020 reform, July 2020 reform. General characteristics In Ukraine, the term ''oblast'' denotes a primary administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Poltava
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Poltava, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee. Mayors Russian Empire * Jacob Kishchenko (Яків Кищенко), 1800–1802 * Ilya Prokofiev (Ілля Прокоф'єв), 1802–1805 * Yakov Lokoshchenko (Яків Локощенко), 1805–1808 * Ilya Prokofiev (Ілля Прокоф'єв), 1808–1811 * Mykola Cherkasov (Микола Черкасов), 1811–1814 * Ivan Mikhailovsky (Іван Михайловський), 1814–1818 * Ilya Prokofiev (Ілля Прокоф'єв), 1818–1819 * Abraham of Green (Авраам Зеленський), 1819–1822 * Pavlo Chubenko (Павло Чубенко), 1822-1829 * Peter Vorozheykin (Петро Ворожейкін), 1829–1832 * Andriy Panasenko (Андрій Панасенко), 1832–1835 * Stepan Komar (Степан Комар), 1835–1838 * Stepan Medvedev (Степан Медведєв), 1838 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorskla
The Vorskla (; ) is a river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper. Geography The river's source is on the western slopes of the Central Russian Upland north of Belgorod. Within Ukraine it flows through the Dnieper Lowland, passing through Sumy Oblast, and then crossing Poltava Oblast. It has a length of , and a basin area of . The river is the 15th longest in Ukraine stretching for . Right tributaries of the river include the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Cross Exaltation Monastery, Poltava
The Women's Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross () is a convent of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) located in Poltava, Ukraine. History The Holy Cross Exaltation Monastery was founded in 1650 by monks from Mhar Monastery. The construction of the initial, wooden complex was financed by Cossack commander Martyn Pushkar, and Hetman Ivan Samoylovych later funded the construction of the Holy Cross Exaltation Cathedral within the monastery. In 1693, during the Ruin the monastery was burned down by soldiers of the Crimean Khanate, and it later served as a base for Swedish forces during the Battle of Poltava amidst the Great Northern War. Taras Shevchenko painted the monastery in 1845. Several foreign leaders have visited the monastery. King Charles XII of Sweden visited the monastery during the Great Northern War, as did Peter the Great. The former monarch even lived in the monastery for a short period of time, and later Romanov emperors also regularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
