Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a

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in the Poltava Oblast ( province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion ( district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It is located on the

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. Myrhorod was first mentioned in chronicles in 1575 when Stephen Báthory made it a ''regiment city''. According to some historians, there was an earlier mentioning of the city in 1530, when the city coat of arms were established - yellow cross over an eight-pointed star, which signifies the victory of Christianity over

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. Myrhorod was a

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of Poland. Myrhorod was the regimental base of the Myrhorod

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who were very active in several Ukrainian Cossack uprisings, particularly during the peasants'-and-cossacks' revolt of 1638 under the leadership of Hetman

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against the

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''). The Myrhorod Cossack regiment was among the best units in the army of Hetman

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...

during the

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(1648–1654). After the

Treaty of Pereyaslav The Pereiaslav AgreementPereyaslav Agreement

, the city became an uezd city, the centre for the Myrhorod regiment. The famous '' Sorochyntsy Fair'' is located 25 km from Myrhorod. Since 1912, Myrhorod is known for its underground mineral waters. A local newspaper is published here since February 1919. Since 1920 Myrhorod is also known as a resort town.Миргород // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. О. Ю. Шмидт. 1-е изд. Т.39. М., ОГИЗ, «Советская Энциклопедия», 1938. ст.487 In 1999, an English anguageResource Center was established at Myrhorod School No. 9, one of four such centres opened in Ukraine with the continuous help from

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since 1995. Other contributors to this project were Americans for Democracy in Ukraine (ADU), Canadian Credit Bank, and Narodna Kasa from Montreal, Canada. In 1995 a group of Myrhorod teachers, former participants at the seminars conducted by methodologists from Siena College Teacher Training Institute, organized Poltava Oblast's English Teachers' Association. The Myrhorod English Resource Center is supervised by the local Teachers' Association.

Tourist attractions

"Myrhorodska" water is described as "slightly mineralised natrium chloride water". It is completely clear and tastes a little odd, part of the taste being attributable to what is, in effect, table salt. Many other dissolved minerals also contribute to the taste and, of course, it is the precise balance of these that is thought to produce the claimed health benefits. For its unique health curative effects, "Myrhorodska" water is recommended by doctors for people suffering from gastritis, colitis and other disorders of the digestive system, particularly those with a lower level of stomach acidity than is considered average. It is also widely drunk as table water because it quenches thirst effectively and produces general effects considered to be beneficial to health. There are several health resorts in the town (at least four). The most extensive and by far the best equipped of these is 'Myrhorod Kurort' (Ukrainian: Миргород Курорт). This particular spa consists of four individual sanatoria, each one specialising in one or more distinct areas - diabetes, cardiovascular disease, ENT, gastrointestinal problems, etc. and are open for medical treatments six days a week (Sundays excluded). An integral part of any treatment is one of nine diet regimes, although these are recommended and not enforced. The whole complex is located right in the middle of the city and is spaced out in a large expanse of sandy woodland with the

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* Taras Shevchenko *

Gregory Skovoroda Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...

Gallery

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Partner towns

Since 1991, Myrhorod administration signed international agreements of mutual cooperation in the spheres of economics, commerce, and culture with three foreign partner towns: * Gorna Oryahovitsa (1991) * Randolph, Vermont (1999) * Zgorzelec (2007)

Transport

The city is served by the

Myrhorod Air Base Myrhorod is an air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Myrhorod, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. The base is home to the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade flying Sukhoi Su-27P/UB aircraft. History In May 1944 the airfield was provided to th ...

, located at approximately in the south of the center.

References

External links

Official Myrhorod Raion website.

Official Myrhorod city-council website

Navigation and information on Myrhorod, Sanatorium, Hotels, Maps

Mirgorod's Portal

Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
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