Cherkasy (, ) is a city in central

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. Cherkasy serves as the

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Cherkasy Oblast Cherkasy Oblast (, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna (, ) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central Ukraine located along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The Capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the cit ...

as well as

Cherkasy Raion Cherkasy Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast. It is located in the central part of Cherkasy oblast, and the center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy. The population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administr ...

within the oblast. The city has a population of Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre of Cherkasy Oblast and Central Economical Region of Ukraine. Cherkasy has been known since the 13th century and played a great role in the

history of Ukraine The history of Ukraine spans thousands of years, tracing its roots to the Pontic–Caspian steppe, Pontic steppe—one of the key centers of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages, Indo-European migrations, and early domestication of the horse, hors ...

. The city was the centre of the land of the

Cossacks The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borde ...

; its citizens took part in Khmelnychchyna and

Koliivshchyna The Koliivshchyna (; ) was a major haidamaky rebellion that broke out in Right-bank Ukraine in June 1768, caused by the dissatisfaction of peasants with the treatment of Orthodox Christians by the Bar Confederation and serfdom, as well as b ...

Cossack and peasant rebellions. The city is located on the right bank of

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(specifically at the

Kremenchuk Reservoir The Kremenchuk Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Dnieper river in the Ukrainian oblasts of Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad, one of five of Dnieper reservoir cascade. Named after the city of Kremenchuk, the reservoir is primarily used for irr ...

), about south of the nation's capital,

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. Cherkasy is divided into 2 urban districts: Sosnivskyi (with Orshanets village) and Prydniprovskyi. It hosts the administration of

Cherkasy urban hromada Cherkasy urban territorial hromada () is one of the hromadas of Ukraine, located in Cherkasy Raion in the country's Cherkasy Oblast. Its administrative centre is the city of Cherkasy. Cherkasy urban hromada has an area of , as well as a popula ...

, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. In June 2011, the city celebrated its 725th anniversary.

Geography

Location

Cherkasy is situated on the high right bank of the

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, in the middle of the

. Relief of the historical part of the city was influenced by Zamkova (Castle) mountain, where

Cherkasy Castle Cherkasy Castle () is a former medieval wooden castle in Cherkasy, Ukraine built as a defense against enemies of the Golden Horde and later against Turks and Crimean Tatars. The city of Cherkasy grew up around the castle. The wooden castle was ...

was situated. The major part of Cherkasy occurs as

lowland Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of a ...

s. The city occupies an area of . The city's length is along the

, while its widest point is only . From the north-west, Cherkasy is surrounded by forest. Known as Cherkasy Forest, it is the biggest () natural pine forest in Ukraine.

Climate

The

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteoro ...

of Cherkasy is mild continental, with mild winters and warm summers.Клімат Черкас
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/ref> The average temperature in the city is . Winters are usually cold and snowy (the average January temperature is ). Summers are dry and warm (the average temperature in July is ), with occasional highs reaching .

Ecology

The ecological situation in the city is quite stable. The cumulative

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index is 7.56, average with other Ukrainian cities. The main pollutant in the city is "Azot" plant, so the nearby area (south-east part of the city) is the most polluted. The downtown area is heavily polluted as well, due to high

traffic Traffic is the movement of vehicles and pedestrians along land routes. Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic laws and informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly an ...

volume. The city itself is mostly clean of nuclear pollution from the

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, although the northernmost part of Cherkasy may have been influenced a little.

Demographics

According to the newest data, the number of inhabitants of Cherkasy is 284,479 as of 1 October 2015. This number is decreasing because of rising mortality rate, socio-economic situation, and the

suburbanisation Suburbanization (American English), also spelled suburbanisation (British English), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs. Most suburbs are built in a formation of (sub)urban sprawl. As a consequence o ...

process in the region. According to the 2001 census,

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

made up 83.31% of the population,

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

13.14% and

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0.55%. 46.4% are males, 53.6% are females. According to the data provided by the municipal health care department, teens under 14 encompass 15% of the population while pensioners are 19%, which indicates the prevalence of aging citizens as compared to younger citizens.

Language

Distribution of the population by

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according to the 2001 census: According to a survey conducted by the

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in April–May 2023, 80% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 18% spoke Russian.

History

Early history

The history of Cherkasy has not been thoroughly explored. The year of establishment is considered by historians to be 1286 on the

Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...

territory. There are few facts about the beginning of the city, but it is documented that Cherkasy existed in the 14th century. The first record about Cherkasy dates from 1305 in the ''

Hustyn Chronicle The ''Hustyn Chronicle'' is a 17th-century chronicle detailing the history of Ukraine until 1598. It was written in Church Slavonic. The ''Chronicle'' covers Ukraine's relationship with the Principality of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuani ...

'', which is the Kievan Rus' chronicle. The city is mentioned as an existing city among other Kievan Rus' cities, including

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

Kaniv Kaniv (, ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It is an urban hromada of Ukraine. Population: Kaniv is a historical tow ...

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( ; see #Names, below for other names) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding ...

and

Ovruch Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine, first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. It was the capital city of the Drevlians in the 900s, later conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century, then later part of the Grand D ...

. The city became one of the centres of the Cossack movement. Citizens took part in the Khmelnychchyna of 1648-1657 and in the

of 1768–1769. The city was influenced by the cruel social and economical experiments of

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authorities and by

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. In 1954 Cherkasy became the administrative centre of

(

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), the youngest oblast of Ukraine.

Under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

In the 1360s the city entered a new period in its development, becoming a part of the

Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 Partitions of Poland, ...

. Cherkasy became an important defender of the southern borders of the Grand Duchy. In 1384 the city was recognized as a fortified town on the southern edge (of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), forming along with

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; , ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative centre, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also s ...

Bratslav Bratslav (, ; ) is a rural settlement in Ukraine, located in Tulchyn Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, by the Southern Bug river. It is a medieval European city and a regional center of the Eastern Podolia region (see Bracław Voivodeship) founded ...

and

part of a defensive line against

Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars (), or simply Crimeans (), are an Eastern European Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group and nation indigenous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted thousands of years in Crimea and the northern regions along the coast of the Blac ...

. The city started to be ruled by a headman (starosta). From the end of the 15th until the beginning of the 16th centuries, the post of was held by the prominent persons of that time – (in office: 1488–1495), (in office: 1494–1500), Vasyl Dashkevych (, in office: 1504–1507), Andriy Nemyrovych (in office: 1511–1514), Ostafiy Dashkevych (in office: 1514–1535), Vasyl Tyshkevych, Dmytro Baida-Vyshnevetskiy (in office: 1550–1553) etc. During the 15th and 16th centuries Cherkasy was one of the main centres that helped the Cossacks in the peopling of the Ukrainian south. Citizens took part in military campaigns against Tatars and Turks, including operations led by

Ivan Pidkova Ivan Pidkova () or Ioan Potcoavă (died 16 June 1578), also known as Ioan Crețul, and Nicoară Potcoavă among Romanians, was a prominent Cossack Ataman, and short-time ruler of Moldavia (November–December 1577). His moniker ("''pidkova''" i ...

(died 1578). New Cherkasy Castle, built in 1549–52 on the place of the old one, was the centre of city life.

Under Polish rule, Khmelnytsky Uprising

After the

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in 1569 Cherkasy became a part of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Cherkasy Regiment, which was created in 1625, played a big role in history of the city. During the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...

the regiment became an administrative-territorial subdivision (until 1686). During that time Cherkasy's Regiment was one of the most powerful military units and took part in all of the battles with Bohdan Khmelnytsky's army. After a successful campaign, Khmelnytsky in 1654 signed an alliance with Muscovy at Pereyaslav. The war ended in 1667 with the

Truce of Andrusovo The Truce of Andrusovo (, , also sometimes known as Treaty of Andrusovo) established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed on between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had fought the Russo-Polish War sin ...

. Cherkasy remained part of Poland, but territories east of the Dnieper River including

left-bank Ukraine The Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left (east) bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of Kyiv and Cherkasy. Left-bank Ukrain ...

and

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of ...

were secured for Muscovy. While in the Polish Kingdom, the city was a seat of the county (powiat) which belonged to a greater unit – the

Kyiv Voivodeship The Kiev Voivodeship (; ; ) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793, as part of Lesser Poland Province of ...

of the Lesser Poland Province until 1793. In 1768, during the

Koliyivshchyna The Koliivshchyna (; ) was a major haidamaky rebellion that broke out in Right-bank Ukraine in June 1768, caused by the dissatisfaction of peasants with the treatment of Orthodox Christians by the Bar Confederation and serfdom, as well as by ...

turmoils, the city was severely damaged and pillaged. In 1791 the city gained

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. It was a

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of Poland. After the

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the city was incorporated into the Kievan Guberniya of

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19th – early 20th centuries

From the beginning of the 19th century, the city was planned by

William Heste William Hastie (; c.1753 – 4 June 1832) was a Russian architect, civil engineer and town planner of Scottish descent. His name is also transliterated back from Russian as William Heste or, seldom, Vasily Heste. Because of his influence at court ...

, a Russian architect, civil engineer and town planner of Scottish descent. His plan for the city involved building square blocks with straight streets. After the second division of Poland in 1793, Cherkasy became part of the Russian Empire. From 1797 it was a town of the

Kyiv Governorate Kiev Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1925 ...

. In the second half of the 19th century the city experienced great economic growth. The construction of a railroad through the city resulted in many new industrial enterprises. Sugar, tobacco, metalwork, mechanical engineering and trade industries were at peak development at that time.

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, Second World War and Soviet period

After the

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in 1917 Cherkasy fell under

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control. After that, however, the city changed its ruler at least 18 times – during the civil war it was conquered by hetman

Pavlo Skoropadskyi Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi (; – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military and state leader, who served as the Hetman of all Ukraine, hetman of the Ukrainian State throughout 1918 following a 1918 Ukrainian coup d'état, coup d'éta ...

, then again by Bolsheviks, later by

Nykyfor Hryhoriv Nykyfor Oleksandrovych Hryhoriv (or Grigoryev, real surname Servetnyk; – 27 July 1919) was a Ukrainian military leader noted for repeatedly switching sides during the Ukrainian War of Independence and Soviet-Ukrainian war. He is today con ...

. On 1 January 1920, the city finally and for a long period fell under Soviet rule. As with all villages and towns in the area, it was a victim of man-made famine in 1932–1933 (

Holodomor The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine, was a mass famine in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–193 ...

) and a

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(a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union organised by Joseph Stalin in 1936–1938).

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damaged the city greatly. On 22 June 1941, German bombers attacked Cherkasy. For two months soldiers defended the city, but on 22 August, the invaders took the city. On 14 December 1943, Cherkasy was liberated from the German invaders. After the end of the war, the city began to recover after being almost obliterated. According to 5-year plans, the city began to re-develop its economy, infrastructure and socio-cultural sphere. In 1954 the city became the administrative centre of

(province), the youngest among other oblasts in

. In the 1960s Cherkasy became the chemical giant of the

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, after "Azot" (the biggest nitrogen fertilizer producing plant), "Khimvolokno" (artificial fiber manufacturing plant), "Khimreaktyv" (chemical reagents for military purposes) and many others were built in the city. In 1961 a Kremenchuk hydro power plant was built, forming the Kremenchuk Water Reservoir, which Cherkasy is now standing on. This makes the city a big transport hub, serving the longest dyke in Ukraine (15 km) with rail and road on it.

Independence from the Soviet Union

Since gaining independence, industry in the city has declined, along with the number of citizens and living standards. A lot of big and powerful factories and plants were privatized but couldn't survive in a competitive market. Some enterprises changed their profile – several (3) factories and plants around the city were united under the "

Bogdan Corporation Bogdan Corporation () is a leading Ukraine, Ukrainian automobile trading and manufacturing group founded by Bogdan Motors. The corporation was famous for its Bogdan (bus), Bogdan public transport brand that used to produce its models in Cherkasy ...

" and started production of buses and cars. Some of the companies remained working and became successful, like "Azot". On 28 November 2008, the monument of Lenin was removed from the central square. This caused different reactions in different people. Now the central square, formerly called "Lenin Square", is called "Soborna Square" (Cathedral Square). The square was recently renovated. In 2009, Cherkasy airport received International Airport status (

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: CKC –

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: UKKE). Until 18 July 2020, Cherkasy was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Cherkasy Municipality but not to Cherkasy Raion even though it was the centre of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four, the city was merged into Cherkasy Raion. The city has occasionally seen Russian air strikes and missile attacks as a result of the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, but has so far been untouched by ground-based warfare.

Transportation

Public transportation

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is represented by

trolleybuses A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

and

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

es. Trolleybuses started serving the city in 1965, and now are operating on 10 routes, from approximately 6 am till 11 pm. The fleet is old, and mostly consists of

ZiU-9 ZiU-9, or ZIU-9 (Cyrillic: ЗиУ-9) is a Soviet Union, Soviet (and later Russian) trolleybus. Other names for the ZiU-9 are ZiU-682 and HTI-682 (Cyrillic: ЗиУ-682 and ХТИ-682). The ZiU acronym stands for "Zavod imeni Uritskogo", which m ...

and

ZiU-10 ZiU-10 (Zavod imeni Uritskogo, Russian language, Russian for Uritsky Factory) or ZIU-10 (),Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'', pp. 75, 114. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . also referred to as ZIU-683, is a model of tro ...

vehicles. Recently, 3 new trolleybuses (manufactured by LAZ) appeared in the city. Buses are mostly represented with "Etalon", "Bohdan", and "PAZ" buses. Cherkasy City Bus is the authority that controls the buses in the city, it consists of several private contractors which actually operate the transport system. File:Черкаський тролейбус 4.JPG, Cherkasy trolleybus LAZ E183 File:ПАЗ-3206.JPG, PAZ-3206 File:Черкаський міський автобус - Богдан.JPG, Cherkasy-made "Bohdan" bus in the street File:BKM-321 Kremenchuk.jpg, Cherkasy trolleybus ACSM-321

Roads

Cherkasy is a big

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due to its location in the centre of the country. Two major automobile routes go through the city – H16 (

Uman Uman (, , ) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River. Uman serves as the administrative c ...

Zolotonosha Zolotonosha (, ) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Located at around , the city serves as the administrative center of Zolotonosha Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Zolotonosha urban hromada, one ...

, national route) and P10 (

Kremenchuk Kremenchuk (; , , also spelt Kremenchug, ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of Kremenchuk Raion and Kremenchuk urban hromada within ...

, regional route). There is a 4-lane highway between Cherkasy and

Smila Smila ( ) is a city located on Dnieper Upland near the Tyasmyn River, in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. The Tiasmyn River, a tributary of the Dnieper River, flows through the city. In January 2022, the estimated population was 6 ...

(which is a part of Cherkasy Urban Agglomeration). The roads are in poor technical condition and road maintenance is poor.

Railways

The Cherkasy railway station is the main

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that serves the city. The city also has a railway stop, and both are operated by the state-owned

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company. Cherkasy has regular connections to neighbouring cities with small diesel trains. Major route

Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

passes through Cherkasy. One of the most important railway junctions in Ukraine, is located from Cherkasy, in the city of

, where the

–

Dnipro Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...

and Odesa–Moscow rail routes cross.

Air and water transport

As Cherkasy is located on the bank of

Kremenchuk reservoir The Kremenchuk Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Dnieper river in the Ukrainian oblasts of Poltava, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad, one of five of Dnieper reservoir cascade. Named after the city of Kremenchuk, the reservoir is primarily used for irr ...

, it has a small riverport. The previously extensive riverboat service along the

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featuring the Raketa hydrofoil ships no longer exists, limiting river transport to cargo and tour boats and private pleasure craft. There is also a

cargo port A port is a maritime law, maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge Affreightment, cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inla ...

located in the city.

Cherkasy International Airport Cherkasy International Airport () is located 5.5 km from the city center. The airport is owned by Cherkasy City Council. History In 1984, Cherkasy Airport was one of the largest airports in the USSR and had an international status, and re ...

is located on the western edge of the city. It handled chartered flights around Ukraine, because Boryspil airport in Kyiv handled most of Ukraine's international flights. In addition, Cherkasy's airport was used as the alternative airport for

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in case of unforeseen situations and adverse weather conditions.

Economy

Cherkasy is an important economic centre of Ukraine. The city is presented with different industries, but traditionally the greatest development was reached in chemical industry, automotive industry and food industry. Total yield, generated by Cherkasy industries was near ₴7,894.3 billion, or 64% of total income of Cherkasy Oblast. Main industry enterprises of Cherkasy: * ''Chemical industry:'' JSC "AZOT" (chemical fertilizers production), plant "Aurora" (paints and varnishes production), LLC "Cherkasy Autochemical Plant". * ''Light industry:'' Silk combine "Cherkasy Silk combine", shoe factory "Laventa", sewing factory, named by Lesia Ukrainka, producer of medical and personal care products of cotton-gauze «Vatfarm» Ltd. * ''Mechanical engineering:'' JSC "CherkasyElevatorMash", 3 plants of "Bogdan" corporation – a car assembling plant ("Hyundai" assembling), a truck assembling plant ("Isuzu" assembling) and a bus construction plant ("Bogdan" assembling), JSC "Temp" (production of food industry equipment), "Photoprylad" (optical parts producing). * ''Food industry:'' distillery LLC "Buasson-Elit" Belvedere Group, corn-processing and milling plant LLC "Altera Azteka Milling Ukraine", milk-processing plant JSC "Iuria", confectionery "Svit Lasoschiv", meat processing plant "ChPK", mechanized bakery LLC "CherkasyKhlib". * ''Timber and furniture industry:'' LLC "Marelli", furniture factories "Romira" and "PM-plus". * ''IT business:'' uCoz, InfoLand, In-Agro, QATestLab, SPD-Ukraine
ChallengeSoft
* ''Internet-providers:'' McLaut, Fregat, Volia-cable, Ukrtelecom.

Education

Nowadays there are different types of educational institutions in Cherkasy – pre-school (

kindergartens Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

), schools, out-of-school and higher educational institutions. These institutions may be both state-owned and private property. Pre-school education is represented with 50 kindergartens around the city. City-owned schools are 21 general schools, 1

night school A night school is an adult learning school that holds classes in the evening or at night to accommodate people who work during the day. A community college or university may hold night school classes that admit undergraduates. Italy The scuol ...

, and 14 new-type schools – 2

lyceum The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies among countries; usually it is a type of secondary school. Basic science and some introduction to ...

s, 3

gymnasiums A gym, short for gymnasium (: gymnasiums or gymnasia), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasion". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learn ...

collegiate Collegiate may refer to: * College * Webster's Dictionary, a dictionary with editions referred to as a "Collegiate" * ''Collegiate'' (1926 film), 1926 American silent film directed by Del Andrews * ''Collegiate'' (1936 film), 1936 American musi ...

, 8 specialized schools. This include First City Gymnasium, City Gymnasium No. 9 and No. 31, Cherkasy Physical and Mathematical Lyceum, Cherkasy Lyceum of Humanities and Law, Specialized School No. 17 (Associated UNESCO school), Cherkasy Collegiate "Berehynia", Specialized Schools No. 3, #13, No. 18, #20, No. 27, #28 and No. 33. Private schools are "Perlyna", school No. 770, and "Sofia". Out-of-school institutions are Center of Youth Art, Young Sailors Club, Center of Tourism and Sports. There is a number of post-secondary educational institutions: * The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy * * Cherkasy Institute of Bank Affairs
branch of Ukrainian Academy of Bank Affairs of National Bank of Ukraine
* Academy of fire safety of Heroes of Chornobyl
East European University of Economics and Management
(private) *

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(branch) There is a number of colleges (both state and private): * * * * * Several public libraries are serving the city – , , .

Culture and recreation

Cherkasy is a big cultural centre. Several theatres,

philharmonic An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, a ...

, 3

cinemas A movie theater (American English) or cinema (Commonwealth English), also known as a movie house, cinema hall, picture house, picture theater, the movies, the pictures, or simply theater, is a business that contains auditoriums for viewing fi ...

, numerous museums and clubs are serving the city. The city has 3 indoor skating rinks. People can relax in big parks and gardens around the city, they can also visit city's

zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...

. Cherkasy is among the cities in Ukraine that have their own

planetarium A planetarium (: planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetariums is ...

Museums

The biggest museums of Cherkasy are: *Cherkasy Oblast Local History Museum – the collection of artifacts from the history, nature, culture, and ethnography of

. *"

Kobzar A ''kobzar'' ( ; ) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed kobza or bandura. Tradition The professional kobzar tradition was established during the Hetmanate Era around the sixteenth cen ...

" Museum of

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 o ...

– the only museum in the world about one book. *Cherkasy Art Museum – big museum where different exhibitions are held throughout the year. *Cherkasy Literary Memorial Museum of

Vasyl Symonenko Vasyl Andriiovych Symonenko (; 8 January 1935 – 13 December 1963) was a Ukrainian poet, journalist, activist of dissident movement. He is considered one of the most important figures in Ukrainian literature of the early 1960s. In the opinion ...

. *Cherkasy Museum of

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Theatres and music

There are several theatres in Cherkasy, such as: *Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Academic Drama Theatre of Cherkasy *Cherkasy Academic

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Theater *Youth Theater "Suchasnyk" The city has its own

, which was created in 1955. The big cultural centre is concert hall "Druzhba Narodiv" (Friendship of Nations), where all major concerts are held. Besides, there are numerous local cultural clubs. The city has 4 modern movie theatres – "Salut" (a very old building, was the first cinema in Cherkasy), "Ukraine", "Dnipro Plaza" and "Lubava".

Recreation

Cherkasy is famous as a ''green city''. The main parks are Park Peremohy (Victory Park) with a

, Sobornyi Park (Cathedral Park), Juvileyniy

Park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

(Jubilee Park), Park Himikiv (Park of Chemists), Dolyna Troiand (Rose Valley), and two children's parks. Traditional places of summer recreation are beaches of

. The coastline of the city is as long as , and is usually represented with sand beaches. Infrastructure of the beaches is under development right now, although several recreational complexes are already built. On the northern end of the city, in Cherkasy Forest, sanatorium "Ukraine" is situated, along with three-star

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

"Ukraine", and "Kosmos-Bowling" club. There are also several hotels in the city which can accommodate people with different tastes.

Festivals

The city is famous for its sculpture festivals – "Kryzhtal" (held in winter, sculptures are made of ice), "Drevlyandia" (held in summer, sculptures are made of wood, then placed in parks around the city), and "Zhyvyi Kamin" (held in autumn, sculptures are made of stone). Along with the last, "Cherkasy's Singing Nights" are held in the open-air theatre in park. Since 2003, Cherkasy hosts international

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festival "Tarasova Gora", which gathers bikers from Ukraine, Russia, and other European countries. This is the biggest festival of this kind held in Ukraine. The city also hosts a music festival (sponsored by Pentax-Richo), that takes the name "Takumar5555", that is the old Pentax brand name, and a play on the city's 55th year of independence.

Mass media

Cherkasy is a big media market, which is served by several local TV stations, newspapers, and numerous radio stations. The city is a home to numerous newspapers, among which are "Antenna", "Molod' Cherkashchyny", "Vechirni Cherkasy", "Akcent", "Nova Doba", "Misto", "Cherkasky Kray" etc. Cherkasy has 5 TV stations – Vikka, Antenna-Plus, Media-Center, Expo-TV, and state-owned Ros'. The city is also covered with nationwide channel broadcasting, like

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Inter Inter may refer to: Association football clubs * Inter Milan, an Italian club * SC Internacional, a Brazilian club * Inter Miami CF, an American club * Inter Playa del Carmen, a Mexican club * FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club * FC Inter Turku, ...

, ICTV,

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, TET etc. . City's radio stations are mostly nationwide networks broadcast on local frequencies, although some local stations exist. FM radio stations include KISS FM, Hit FM, Radio Luks, Radio Rocks, Shanson, Ros', Era FM, Love Radio, 101Dalmatin, Dobre Radio.

Sports

Sport life of the city is concentrated in several places, among which are the Central

Stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

, Water Sport station, Sport Center "Spartak", "Ukraine"; Sport arena "Budivel'nyk"; "Astra", "Central", "Sokil"

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s; 2

ice rink An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water or an artificial sheet of ice where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The growth and increasing popularity of ...

s. Also, there are sport-entertainment centres, such as "Selena", "Bochka", and "Sportohota" which can usually be found on the bank of the

. Every year more than 200 sport events, contests,

competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...

tournaments A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...

are held in the city, with total of 10,000 participants. Some contests that were held recently include: *The European Women's Powerlifting Championships in 1998 saw lifters from across Europe. *Ukrainian

Aquabike Aquabiking (also called Aqua cycling) is the combination of water sports and cycling sports. Two activities share the term: * One is an underwater indoor cycling, and * the other is a race featuring swimming and cycling stages. See also *Aquath ...

Cup in 2008 hosted bikers from Cherkasy,

, and former

petrovsk. It was held in "Bochka" entertainment centre. *Kremenchuk Reservoir Cup –

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contest among cities located on

. Hosted 27 teams from

Svitlovodsk Svitlovodsk (, ) is a city located on the banks of the Dnieper River in Oleksandriia Raion, part of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Svitlovodsk urban hromada, one of the many hromadas of Ukraine. The city ...

, Cherkasy, and Komsomolsk. *Ukrainian

Beach Volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

Championship – was held in 2008 on the courts of "Rybka" complex * Group 2 Euro/Africa Zone matches of 2008

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were held in Cherkasy, in "Selena" sport complex. Other sport achievements are: *Cherkasy is home to the

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club

FC Dnipro Cherkasy City Sports Club Dnipro Cherkasy () was a Ukrainian football team based in Cherkasy. Over its history the club has been dissolved and revived several times. The original club that existed 1955-1974 was dissolved following a financial scandal. Afte ...

*Cherkasy is home to the

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

club BC Cherkasy (a.k.a. the Cherkasy Monkeys). *Cherkasy is home to the

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

clubs Krug Cherkasy, Zlatogor Zolotonosha Cherkasy (women) and Impexagro Sport Cherkasy (men). They all play in the European tournaments 2008/2009. *Cherkasy is represented within Ukrainian

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

and Rink-bandy Federation.

Architecture and sights

During its whole history Cherkasy was destroyed and rebuilt numerous times. Only few buildings from the 19th century survived. The system of streets and squares in the old part of the city is one of the few monuments to the city-building art of 19th century Ukraine. *Scherbina House (Wedding Palace). It was the most luxurious mansion of prerevolutionary Cherkasy. In Soviet times it was known as the "Palace of Happiness" because it was city's registry office. The house was built by entrepreneur A. Scherbina in 1892. From 1970 to the present day the building is used as the Wedding Palace (

civil registry Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events ( births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in diffe ...

agency). *The building of former hotel "Slavyanskiy". It was constructed in the late 19th century by means of an entrepreneur Skoryna in a modernist style with elements of pseudo. In Soviet times it was a hotel "Dnepr". Today the building belongs to "Ukrsotsbank". *Tsybulsky House (Museum of

). This historic building located in the centre of the city was built in the middle of the 19th century. In Soviet times museum of one book – "Kobzar" by Shevchenko – was opened there. *Castle Hill (Hill of Glory). The memorial complex with a monument "Motherland" is located at the top of the former Castle Hill. At this point, ancient Cossack fort, remains of Cherkasy fortress and Holy Trinity Church were situated. In 1977 all architectural and archaeological sites were completely destroyed during construction of the monument, although the new Holy Trinity Cathedral was constructed nearby. From the top of the hill a panoramic view opens on the

. *Local History Museum. Cherkasy Oblast museum is housed in a modern building, built in 1985 in the historic centre of the city near the Hill of Glory (Castle Hill). Thirty halls of the museum offer sections about nature of the region, archaeology, ethnography, history of the region in the 14th – early 20th century, modern history from 1917 to the present. In total there are about 12 thousand exhibits. *

Puppet Theatre Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...

. Cherkasy Regional Academic Puppet Theater is located in the central part of the city, in a building that is an architectural monument of the 19th century. The building is decorated with mosaics with the heroes of fairy tales. *School of Music. The building of Cherkasy Music School of S. Gulak-Artemovsky was built in 1903 as a men's gymnasium. The author of the project was great Kyiv architect of Polish origin V. Gorodetsky. In the second half of the 20th century, after the construction of a modern extension, the building became the home of a music school. File:Готель Скорини «Слов’янський».jpg, Building of the former Slovyanskyi Hotel, now a bank File:Здание ОГА Черкасс.jpg, Administration building File:CherkasyPhilarmonic.jpg, Cherkasy Philharmonic. The building is located in downtown, and was recently renovated File:Б.Вишневецького 37-2.JPG, A building on Vyshnevetskoho street, Cherkasy File:71-101-0034 Cherkasy SAM 8975.jpg, Fire station

Notable people

* Anna Asti (born 1990), a Ukrainian pop singer. *

Tykhin Baybuza Tykhin Baybuza () was a Registered Cossacks Senior (1597–1598). He was born in Cherkasy to Ukrainian boyar Mykhaylo Baybuza-Hrybunovych and grandson of Ografena Gliński coat of arms, Glinsky. During the Nalyvaiko Uprising, Cossack rebellion o ...

(16th C.) a

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Senior from 1597 to 1598. * Olga Bielkova (born 1975) a former Member of the

Ukrainian Parliament The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capi ...

from 2012 to 2020 *

Timofiy Bilohradsky Timofiy Bilohradsky () was a lutenist, composer and kobzar-bandurist of Ukrainian ethnicity, active in St. Petersburg and Königsberg. Little is known about his childhood. He is thought to have been born in or near the city of Cherkasy in Ukr ...

(ca.1710 - ca.1782) a lutenist, composer and

kobzar A ''kobzar'' ( ; ) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed kobza or bandura. Tradition The professional kobzar tradition was established during the Hetmanate Era around the sixteenth cen ...

bandurist A bandurist () is a person who plays the Ruthenian plucked string instrument known as the bandura. Types of performers There are a number of different types of bandurist who differ in their particular choice of instrument, the specific reperto ...

from Ukraine * Samuel Cashwan (1900–1988) an American sculptor. * Volodymyr Dashkovsky (born 1965) a Ukrainian military conductor and composer * Eduard Gudzenko (1938–2006) a Ukrainian expressionist artist. *

Yuri Ilyenko Yuri Herasymovych Ilyenko (, 18 July 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and politician. He directed twelve films between 1965 and 2002. His 1970 film '' The White Bird Marked with Black'' was e ...

(1936–2010) film director and screenwriter, directed 12 films between 1965 and 2002. *

Irena Karpa Irena Karpa () was born in 1980; she is a Ukrainian writer, journalist, and singer. Biography Irena Karpa was born on 8 December 1980 in Cherkasy ( Central Ukraine), and grew up in the Subcarpathian region (Prykarpattia). Since 1999 she has ...

(born 1980) a Ukrainian writer, journalist, and singer. * Andriy Khlyvnyuk (born 1979) Ukrainian musician, vocalist and lyricist of the group

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. * Vitalij Kowaljow (born 1968) a bass opera singer, lives in Switzerland. *

Louis Krasner Louis Krasner (4 May 1995) was a Russian-born American classical violinist who premiered the violin concertos of Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. Biography Louis Krasner was born in Cherkassy, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now part of Ukrai ...

(1903–1995), American classical violinist * Natalya Lagoda (1974–2015) a Russian–Ukrainian singer, entertainer and model. * Levi Olan (1903–1984) an American Reform Jewish rabbi, liberal social activist and author. * Miron Polyakin (1895-1941) Russian and Soviet violinist, disciple of

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. *

Bert Ramelson Baruch Rahmilevich Mendelson (22 March 1910 – 13 April 1994), commonly known as Bert Ramelson, was an industrial organiser and politician for the Communist Party of Great Britain. He held the post of National Industrial Organiser from 1965 to ...

(1910–1994), industrial organiser and politician for the CPGB. *

Oleksandr Skichko Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skichko (; born 28 April 1991 in Cherkasy) is a Ukrainian politician, comedian, actor, and television presenter. From 29 January 2021 to 2 March 2022 Skichko was Governor of Cherkasy Oblast.< ...

(born 1991) Ukrainian politician, comedian, actor and TV presenter. * Aleksandr Sokiryansky (1937-2019), Soviet Moldavian composer and musicologist. * Roman Sushchenko (born 1969) a Ukrainian journalist and artist. *

Moisei Uritsky Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (; ; – 30 August 1918), also known by his pen-name Boretsky () was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the chief of the Cheka secret police of the Petrograd Soviet. ...

(1873–1918) a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. * Semyon Uritsky (1895–1938) a Soviet General, also fought in the Imperial Russian Army * Lazar Weiner (1897–1982) Imperial Russian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song. * Olexiy Yurin (born 1982) Ukrainian poet, pedagogue and interpreter; he lives in Bulgaria. * Nataliia Zabolotna (born 1973) activist

Sport

* Nazar Chepurnyi (born 2002), a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. * Valentin Demyanenko (born 1983) former Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani flat-water canoeist. *

Artem Dovbyk Artem Oleksandrovych Dovbyk (; born 21 June 1997) is a Ukrainian professional association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Serie A club AS Roma, Roma and the Ukraine national football team, Ukraine ...

(born 1997) a footballer with over 120 club caps and 11 for

, in the 2023/24 La Liga season he won the

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, as the player with the most seasonal goals in the Spanish league. *

Serhiy Kulish Serhiy Volodymyrovych Kulish (, born 17 April 1993) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He won Silver medal in 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's 50 metres rifle three positions. Career He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre ai ...

(born 1993) Ukrainian sport shooter, silver medallist at the

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* Illia Kovtun (born 2003), a Ukrainian artistic gymnast and 2024 Olympic silver medalist * Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (born 1997), a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. * Vitaliy Mykolenko (born 1999) footballer with Everton F.C., Everton, over 100 club caps and 26 for

* Dmytro Skapintsev (born 1998), a Ukrainian professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. * Ihor Stolovytskyi (born 1969) former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and coach with 510 club caps. * Stanislav Sukhina (born 1968) a Russian football official and former referee and player. * Katerina Zhidkova (born 1989), a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player

Twin towns – sister cities

Cherkasy is Sister city, twinned with: * Vagharshapat, Armenia * Bydgoszcz, Poland * Fergana, Uzbekistan * Jilin City, China * Kuşadası, Turkey * Madaba, Jordan * Mazyr District, Belarus * Orsha, Belarus * Petah Tikva, Israel * Rustavi, Georgia * Sumqayit, Azerbaijan * Wanzhou District, China * Santa Rosa, California USA * Valmiera, Latvia

References

External links

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Official city portalCherkasy guide

Unofficial info portalAn English-language city guide to Cherkasy