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Shevchenkivskyi District (Kharkiv)
Shevchenkivskyi District or Shevchenko Raion is a name of several urban raions (districts) in Ukraine. The name was commemorated to the memory of Taras Shevchenko. It may refer to: * Shevchenkivskyi District, Chernivtsi, an urban district in the city of Chernivtsi * Shevchenkivskyi District, Dnipro, an urban district in the city of Dnipro * Shevchenkivskyi District, Kharkiv, an urban district in the city of Kharkiv * Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv, an urban district in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv * Shevchenkivskyi District, Lviv, an urban district in the city of Lviv * Shevchenkivskyi District, Zaporizhzhia, an urban district in the city of Zaporizhzhia See also * Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Raion, a former raion in Cherkasy Oblast {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius. He wrote poetry in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and prose (nine novellas, a diary, and his autobiography) in Russian language, Russian, making him one of many iconic figures which belong to several Slavic language cultures. The town of Aktau in Kazakhstan was named after Shevchenko in the period of Soviet authority. His literary heritage, in particular the poetry collection ''Kobzar (poetry collection), Kobzar'', is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and to some degree also of the modern Ukrainian language. Life Childhood and youth Taras Shevchenko was born on in the village of Moryntsi, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire, about 20 years after the third partitions of Poland, partiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivtsi serves as the administrative center for the Chernivtsi urban hromada, the Chernivtsi Raion, and the Chernivtsi Oblast, oblast itself. The Chernivtsi population is and the latest Ukrainian Census (2001), census in 2001 was 240,600. The first document that refers to this city dates back to 1408, when Chernivtsi was a town in the region of Moldavia, formerly as a defensive fortification, and became the center of Bukovina in 1488. In 1538, Chernivtsi was under the control of the Principality of Moldavia under Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish suzerainty, later under Ottoman Empire suzerainty, and the Moldavian control lasted for two centuries until 1774, when Archduchy of Austria, Austria took control of Bukovina in the aftermath of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shevchenkivskyi District, Dnipro
The Shevchenkivskyi District () is a right-bank urban district of the city of Dnipro, located in southern Ukraine. It is formerly known as Babushkinskyi District. History The district was formed on 12 April 1973 from the territory of Zhovtnevyi, Kirovskyi and Krasnohvardiiskyi districts and was named after Russian Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Babushkin. On 26 November 2015, in compliance with to comply with decommunization laws, the Dnipropetrovsk City Council renamed this district to its current name. The district is now named after the poet, writer, artist and political figure Taras Shevchenko. Population Language Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: Notable places * Dnipro Main Post Office * Dnipro City Council * Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral Neighborhoods * City centre (TsUM) * Pidstantsiia * 12th Kvartal * Topolia * Koreia * Myrne * Mlyny * Krotova Main streets * Prospekt Dmytra Yavornytskoho ( Dmytro Yavornytsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shevchenkivskyi District, Kharkiv
Shevchenkivskyi District () is an urban district of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, named after the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. The district was created in 1932 out of parts of Ivano-Lysohirskyi and Petynsko-Zhuravlivskyi districts. It was named as Dzerzhynskyi after the communist mass murderer Felix Dzerzhinsky, head of Cheka (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission). It was renamed to its current name in February 2016 to comply with decommunization laws.Another 48 streets and 5 districts "decommunized" in Kharkiv (3 February 2015) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv
The Shevchenkivskyi District is an urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was originally established on 4 April 1937, although in 2001 its area was increased following an annexation of the former Radianskyi and Starokyivskyi districts. The district is historically significant, as it was here on the Old Kyiv mount where the apostle Saint Andrew erected the cross, also the famous Golden Gate of Kyiv, the main entrance to the medieval city of Kyiv is located in the district, as are the three major churches of the city: Saint Sophia, Saint Michael and Saint Andrew. Furthermore, in this district the first parliament of Ukraine met at the Ukrainian Club Building and declared Independence in 1917. Population Language Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: Attractions The district also has the local opera house and several universities, such as Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Kyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shevchenkivskyi District, Lviv
Shevchenkivskyi District () is an urban district of the city of Lviv, named after Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko. This district covers the northern part of the city. It contains such neighborhoods as , Holosko, Klepariv, Zamarstyniv, Zboyishcha, India, Kamyanka and Ryasne. In the northwest it borders with the town of Briukhovychi and Briukhovychi forest. See also *Subdivisions of Ukraine The administrative divisions of Ukraine ( ) are under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution. Ukraine is a unitary state with three levels of administrative divisions: 27 regions (24 Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts ... References Urban districts of Lviv {{Lviv-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shevchenkivskyi District, Zaporizhzhia
The Shevchenkivskyi District (, ) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 157,000 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Geography The largest of Zaporizhzhia's seven urban districts, the district has an area of , making up approximately 29.3% of the total administrative area of Zaporizhzhia. The district is located fully on the left (east) side of the Dnieper river The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with .... History The district was founded in 1962 by separating it from Zhovtnevyi District (since 2016 Oleksandrivskyi District). Following the passage of decommunization laws, in 2016, numerous streets within the district were renamed to replace their Soviet-era names. Some of the new st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia, multiple power stations and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region. Names and etymology The name ''Zaporizhzhia'' refers to the position of the city: "beyond the rapids"—downstream or south of the Dnieper Rapids. These were previously an impediment to navigation and the site of important portages. In 1932, the rapids were flooded to become part of the reservoir of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.Pospelov, pp. 25–26 Before 1921, the city was called Aleksandrovsk (or Oleksandrivsk), named after the original fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
